{"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/kjv/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:17:59.680Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 congregation of the saints."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? <i>who</i> among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all <i>them that are</i> about him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, who <i>is</i> a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the raging 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 thy strong arm."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The heavens <i>are</i> thine, the earth also <i>is</i> thine: <i>as for</i> 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 shall rejoice in thy name."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, <i>and</i> high is thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Justice and judgment <i>are</i> the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed <i>is</i> the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For thou <i>art</i> the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For the LORD <i>is</i> our defence; and the Holy One of Israel <i>is</i> our king."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon <i>one that is</i> mighty; I have exalted <i>one</i> 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 foes before his face, and plague them that hate him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But my faithfulness and my mercy <i>shall be</i> with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall cry unto me, Thou <i>art</i> my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Also I will make him <i>my</i> firstborn, higher than 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 <i>to endure</i> 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":"Nevertheless my lovingkindness 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 that 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 <i>as</i> a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown <i>by casting it</i> to the ground."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Thou hast made his glory 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, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"What man <i>is he that</i> liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Lord, where <i>are</i> thy former lovingkindnesses, <i>which</i> thou swarest unto David in thy truth?"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; <i>how</i> I do bear in my bosom <i>the reproach of</i> all the mighty people;"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 89 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 89](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/89)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/89 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}