{"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/drb/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:21:31.658Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":89,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":88,"nextChapter":90,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":52},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"the north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name: "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face: "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance: "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in 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 cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments: "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments: "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void. "},{"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. "},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven. "},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed. "},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth. "},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear. "},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours. "},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. "},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle. "},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground. "},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion. "},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire? "},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain? "},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? "},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth? "},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations: "},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed. "},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it. 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