Through My Bible Yr 2 – June 20

Psalm 89

A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. ^[a]

¹ I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

² I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

³ You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,

⁴ ‘I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”
Selah

⁵ The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ?
Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

⁷ In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.

⁸ O LORD God Almighty, who is like you?
You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
when its waves mount up, you still them.

¹⁰ You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

¹¹ The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;
you founded the world and all that is in it.

¹² You created the north and the south;
Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

¹³ Your arm is endued with power;
your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
love and faithfulness go before you.

¹⁵ Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

¹⁶ They rejoice in your name all day long;
they exult in your righteousness.

¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,
and by your favor you exalt our horn. ^[b]

¹⁸ Indeed, our shield ^[c] belongs to the LORD,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have exalted a young man from among the people.

²⁰ I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

²¹ My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.

²² No enemy will subject him to tribute;
no wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.

²⁴ My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn ^[d]will be exalted.

²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.

²⁶ He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.

²⁹ I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,

³¹ if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,

³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;

³³ but I will not take my love from him,
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
or alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
and I will not lie to David-

³⁶ that his line will continue forever
and his throne endure before me like the sun;

³⁷ it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.”
Selah

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
3. Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign
4. Psalm 89:24 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.