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Psalms 89:44

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

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Psalms 89 · Read in context

89:1

I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

89:2

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

89:3

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

89:4

‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah.

89:5

The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

89:6

For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,

89:7

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

89:8

LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.

89:9

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

89:10

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

89:11

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

89:12

You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

89:13

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

89:15

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

89:16

In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

89:17

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

89:18

For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

89:19

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

89:20

I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

89:21

with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

89:22

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

89:23

I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

89:24

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

89:25

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

89:26

He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

89:27

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

89:28

I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

89:29

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

89:30

If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

89:31

if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

89:32

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

89:33

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

89:34

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

89:35

Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

89:36

His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

89:37

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

89:38

But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

89:39

You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

89:40

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

89:41

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

89:42

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

89:43

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

89:44

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

89:45

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

89:46

How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

89:47

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

89:48

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

89:49

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

89:51

With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

89:52

Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.

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