Psalm 89Psalms89

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1. I Will Sing of His Love Forever

2. 1KJVMaschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.BSBBSB: A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
3. 2KJVFor I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.BSBBSB: For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
4. 3KJVI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,BSBBSB: You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
5. 4KJVThy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.BSBBSB: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
6. 5KJVAnd the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.BSBBSB: The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
7. 6KJVFor who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?BSBBSB: For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
8. 7KJVGod is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.BSBBSB: In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
9. 8KJVO LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?BSBBSB: O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
10. 9KJVThou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.BSBBSB: You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
11. 10KJVThou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.BSBBSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
12. 11KJVThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.BSBBSB: The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
13. 12KJVThe north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.BSBBSB: North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
14. 13KJVThou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.BSBBSB: Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
15. 14KJVJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.BSBBSB: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
16. 15KJVBlessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.BSBBSB: Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
17. 16KJVIn thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.BSBBSB: They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
18. 17KJVFor thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.BSBBSB: For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
19. 18KJVFor the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.BSBBSB: Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
20. 19KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
21. 20KJVI have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:BSBBSB: I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
22. 21KJVWith whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.BSBBSB: My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
23. 22KJVThe enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.BSBBSB: No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
24. 23KJVAnd I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.BSBBSB: I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
25. 24KJVBut my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.BSBBSB: My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
26. 25KJVI will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.BSBBSB: I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
27. 26KJVHe shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.BSBBSB: He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
28. 27KJVAlso I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.BSBBSB: I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
29. 28KJVMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.BSBBSB: I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
30. 29KJVHis seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.BSBBSB: I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
31. 30KJVIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;BSBBSB: If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
32. 31KJVIf they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;BSBBSB: if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
33. 32KJVThen will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.BSBBSB: I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
34. 33KJVNevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.BSBBSB: But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
35. 34KJVMy covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.BSBBSB: I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
36. 35KJVOnce have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.BSBBSB: Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
37. 36KJVHis seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.BSBBSB: his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
38. 37KJVIt shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.BSBBSB: like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
39. 38KJVBut thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.BSBBSB: Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
40. 39KJVThou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.BSBBSB: You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
41. 40KJVThou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.BSBBSB: You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
42. 41KJVAll that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.BSBBSB: All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
43. 42KJVThou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.BSBBSB: You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
44. 43KJVThou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.BSBBSB: You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
45. 44KJVThou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.BSBBSB: You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
46. 45KJVThe days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.BSBBSB: You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
47. 46KJVHow long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?BSBBSB: How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
48. 47KJVRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?BSBBSB: Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
49. 48KJVWhat man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.BSBBSB: What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
50. 49KJVLord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?BSBBSB: Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
51. 50KJVRemember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;BSBBSB: Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
52. 51KJVWherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.BSBBSB: how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
53. 52KJVBlessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.BSBBSB: Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.