{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:31:19.132Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":89,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":88,"nextChapter":90,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":52},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples —"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 89 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 89](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/89)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/89 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}