^ Ps 89.1:   (89.1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89.2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
^ Ps 89.2:   (89.3) For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
^ Ps 89.3:   (89.4) I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
^ Ps 89.4:   (89.5) Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
^ Ps 89.5:   (89.6) And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
^ Ps 89.6:   (89.7) For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
^ Ps 89.7:   (89.8) God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
^ Ps 89.8:   (89.9) O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
^ Ps 89.9:   (89.10) Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
^ Ps 89.10:   (89.11) Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
^ Ps 89.11:   (89.12) The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
^ Ps 89.12:   (89.13) The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
^ Ps 89.13:   (89.14) Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
^ Ps 89.14:   (89.15) Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
^ Ps 89.15:   (89.16) Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
^ Ps 89.16:   (89.17) In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
^ Ps 89.17:   (89.18) For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
^ Ps 89.18:   (89.19) For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
^ Ps 89.19:   (89.20) Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
^ Ps 89.20:   (89.21) I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
^ Ps 89.21:   (89.22) With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
^ Ps 89.22:   (89.23) The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
^ Ps 89.23:   (89.24) And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
^ Ps 89.24:   (89.25) But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
^ Ps 89.25:   (89.26) I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
^ Ps 89.26:   (89.27) He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
^ Ps 89.27:   (89.28) Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
^ Ps 89.28:   (89.29) My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
^ Ps 89.29:   (89.30) His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
^ Ps 89.30:   (89.31) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
^ Ps 89.31:   (89.32) If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
^ Ps 89.32:   (89.33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
^ Ps 89.33:   (89.34) Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
^ Ps 89.34:   (89.35) My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
^ Ps 89.35:   (89.36) Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
^ Ps 89.36:   (89.37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
^ Ps 89.37:   (89.38) It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
^ Ps 89.38:   (89.39) But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
^ Ps 89.39:   (89.40) Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
^ Ps 89.40:   (89.41) Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
^ Ps 89.41:   (89.42) All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
^ Ps 89.42:   (89.43) Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
^ Ps 89.43:   (89.44) Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
^ Ps 89.44:   (89.45) Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
^ Ps 89.45:   (89.46) The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
^ Ps 89.46:   (89.47) How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
^ Ps 89.47:   (89.48) Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
^ Ps 89.48:   (89.49) What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
^ Ps 89.49:   (89.50) Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
^ Ps 89.50:   (89.51) Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
^ Ps 89.51:   (89.52) Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
^ Ps 89.52:   (89.53) Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.