Psalms

Chapter 89

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¹Maschil 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.2 sermons²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.2 sermons³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,2 sermons⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.1 sermon⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.4 sermons⁶For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?3 sermons⁷God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.1 sermon⁸O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?3 sermons⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.3 sermons¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.2 sermons¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.2 sermons¹²The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.2 sermons¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.2 sermons¹⁴Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.2 sermons¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.2 sermons¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.2 sermons¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.1 sermon¹⁸For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.1 sermon¹⁹Then 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.1 sermon²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:1 sermon²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.1 sermon²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.1 sermon²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.1 sermon²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.1 sermon²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.1 sermon²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.1 sermon²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.1 sermon²⁸My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.1 sermon²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.1 sermon³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;1 sermon³¹If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;1 sermon³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.1 sermon³³Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.1 sermon³⁴My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.2 sermons³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.1 sermon³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.1 sermon³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.1 sermon³⁸But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.1 sermon³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.1 sermon⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.1 sermon⁴¹All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.1 sermon⁴²Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.1 sermon⁴³Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.1 sermon⁴⁴Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.1 sermon⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.1 sermon⁴⁶How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?2 sermons⁴⁷Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?1 sermon⁴⁸What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.1 sermon⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?2 sermons⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;2 sermons⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.1 sermon⁵²Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.2 sermons