Psalms 89:19-50

¹⁹Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

²⁰I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

²¹My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.

²²The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

²³I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

²⁴But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

²⁵I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

²⁷And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

²⁸I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

²⁹His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

³⁰If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

³¹If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

³²Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

³³But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

³⁴I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

³⁵I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³⁶His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

³⁷It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

³⁸But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

³⁹You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

⁴⁰All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

⁴¹All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

⁴²You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

⁴³His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

⁴⁴You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

⁴⁵You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)

⁴⁶How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

⁴⁷See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

⁴⁸What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

⁴⁹Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

⁵⁰Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;