Psalms 89

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever.

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one,

‘I will establish your offspring forever,

The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh,

For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?

You rule the pride of the sea.

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.

The heavens are yours.

You have created the north and the south.

You have a mighty arm.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.

In your name they rejoice all day.

For you are the glory of their strength.

For our shield belongs to Yahweh,

Then you spoke in vision to your saints,

I have found David, my servant.

with whom my hand shall be established.

No enemy will tax him.

I will beat down his adversaries before him,

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.

I will set his hand also on the sea,

He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,

I will also appoint him my firstborn,

I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more.

I will also make his offspring endure forever,

If his children forsake my law,

if they break my statutes,

then I will punish their sin with the rod,

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,

I will not break my covenant,

Once I have sworn by my holiness,

His offspring will endure forever,

It will be established forever like the moon,

But you have rejected and spurned.

You have renounced the covenant of your servant.

You have broken down all his hedges.

All who pass by the way rob him.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword,

You have ended his splendor,

You have shortened the days of his youth.

How long, Yahweh?

Remember how short my time is,

What man is he who shall live and not see death,

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants,

With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh,

Blessed be Yahweh forever more.