{"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/erv/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T08:45:16.521Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":89,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":88,"nextChapter":90,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":52},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Maschil 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the LORD,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round about him?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In thy name do they rejoice 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 our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; 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; mine arm also shall strengthen him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I also will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If they break 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":"But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"My covenant will I not break, 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 as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to 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, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? how long shall thy wrath burn like fire?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples:"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 89 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 89](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/89)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/89 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}