“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. With my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations,”
Psalms 89
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1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.”
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. With my mouth, will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.”
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.”
“I will sing of the loving kindness of the Lord forever to all generations, I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. In my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations.”
2For I have said, "Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness."
“for I have said mercy shall be built up forever. Your faithfulness you shall establish in the heavens.”
3You said, "I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
“I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David, my servant.”
“I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,”
“I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn unto David my servant.”
4'I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.'" Selah
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5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
“And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.”
“The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness too in the assembly of the holy ones.”
6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
“for who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord, who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?”
“Who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?”
7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”
“God is greatly to be feared, where in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.”
“God is greatly to be reverenced in the assembly of the saints. And to be had in reverence of all of them that are about Him.”
“is greatly to be feared in the assembly of his saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are above him.”
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
“O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee?”
“O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto Thee, or to Thy faithfulness round about Thee?”
“Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithfulness round about thee?”
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
“Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them.”
“You rule the raging of the sea. When the waves arise, You still them.”
“Thou rebukest the raging of the sea, when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.”
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
“Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain. Thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.”
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
“the heavens are yours, the earth also is yours, the world and all that is in it. You have founded them.”
12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
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13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
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14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
“Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.”
“Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.”
“Justice and judgment are Your habitation of Thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before Thy face.”
15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.”
“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.”
“Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.”
16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
“in Thy name shall they rejoice all the day. And in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.”
“In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.”
17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
“For You are the glory of their strength. And in Thy favor our horns shall be exalted.”
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
“For the Lord is our defense and the Holy One of Israel is our King.”
19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, "I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
“Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one and said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people,”
“Then thou speakest, or spakest, in vision to thine Holy One, and saidest, I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.”
20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
“I have found David my servant. With my holy oil have I anointed him.”
“I have found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him,”
“I have found David my servant. With my holy oil have I anointed him”
“I have found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him.”
“I have found my servant David. With my holy oil I have anointed him”
“I Have found David my servant. With my holy oil have I anointed him”
21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
“with whom my hand shall be established, mine arm also shall strengthen him.”
“with whom my hand shall be established. Mine arm also shall strengthen him.”
“with whom my Hand shall be established. Mine arm also shall strengthen him.”
“with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.”
“with whom my hand shall be established and my arm shall strengthen him.”
22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
“the enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.”
“The enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the sun of wickedness afflict him.”
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
“And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him.”
“And I will beat down his foes before his face, and flake them that hate him.”
24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
“But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him. And in my name shall his horn be exalted.”
“But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him. And in my name shall his horn be exalted.”
“But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.”
25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
“I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.”
“I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.”
“I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.”
26He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.'
“He shall cry unto me, thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
“he shall cry unto me, thou art my father, my God and the rock of my salvation.”
“he shall cry unto me. Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
“he shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
“He shall cry unto me, thou art my father, my God in the rock of my salvation.”
“He shall cry unto thee, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
“Also, I will make him my firstborn higher than the kings of the earth.”
“also. I will make him my firstborn higher than the kings of the earth.”
“also, I will make him my firstborn. Higher than the kings of the earth.”
“also I will make him my firstborn the highest of the kings of the earth.”
“I also shall make Him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.”
“Also I will make him my firstborn higher than the kings of the earth.”
28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
“My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.”
29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
“His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne is the days of heaven.”
30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
“If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments,”
“If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments,”
“If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments,”
31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
“if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments,”
“if they break my statutes. And keep not my commandments.”
“if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments,”
“if they violate My statutes and do not keep My commandments”
“If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments,”
32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
“then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.”
“then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.”
“then will I visit their transgressions with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.”
“Then will I visit their transgressions with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.”
“then I will visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.”
33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
“Nevertheless, my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.”
“Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail”
“nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.”
“nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.”
34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
“my covenant I will not violate. Nor will I alter the utterance of my lips.”
“I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my mouth, lips.”
“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.”
“My covenant will I not break, nor after the things that is gone out of my lips,”
“My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips.”
“my covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips.”
35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
“Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.”
“Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.".”
“once I have sworn by my holiness and I will not lie to David”
“Once I have sworn by my holiness I will not lie to David.”
“Once have i sworn by my holiness that i will not lie unto david.”
“Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.”
36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
“his seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me,”
“His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.”
“His descendants shall endure forever. And his throne as the sun before me”
“His seed shall endure forever. And his throne as the sun before me.”
“His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.”
37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." Selah
“it shall be established forever like the moon. And the witness in the sky is faithful.”
38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
“but you have cast off and abhorred, you have been angry with your anointed,”
39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
“you have made void the covenant of your servant, you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground,”
40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
“you have broken down all of his hedges, you have brought his strongholds to ruin”
41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
“All who pass along the way plunder Him. He's become a reproach to His neighbors.”
42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
“Thou has set up the right hand of his adversaries. Thou has made all of his enemies to rejoice.”
43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
“Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and has not made him to stand in the battle.”
44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
“Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground.”
“You have made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground.”
45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
“The days of his youth hast thou shortened. Thou has covered him with shame.”
“the day of his youth hast thou shortened thou has covered him with shame.”
46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
“Remember how short my time is. Wherefore, has thou made all men in vain?”
48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
“What man is he that lives and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?”
“What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?”
“What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?”
49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
“Lord, where are Thy former lovingkindnesses which Thou swarest unto David and Thy truth?”
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
“Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people.”
“Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants. How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people,”
51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
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52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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