{"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/wbt/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:07:27.351Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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 wilt thou establish in the very heavens."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to 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 to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, 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, and high is thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed are 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 art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, 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: my 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 afflict 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 in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Also I will make him my first-born, 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 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":"Nevertheless my loving-kindness 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 hath gone out of my lips."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to 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 a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it 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 plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors."},{"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: why hast thou made all men in vain?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed"},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 89 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 89](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/89)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/89 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}