Psalms 89:18-49

¹⁸For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst,—”I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people;

²⁰I have found David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.

²¹With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

²³For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

²⁶He shall say to me, 'Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'

²⁷I will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

²⁹I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.

³⁰Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

³¹Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

³²I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

³³But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

³⁵Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

³⁶His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”

³⁸But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.

⁴³Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.

⁴⁶How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

⁴⁸What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld?

⁴⁹Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?