### World English Bible

Psalms 88

## The Book of Psalms

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| # Chapter 89
#### 1 | I will sing of the lovingkindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
#### 2 | I indeed declare, 'Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.'
#### 3 | 'I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
#### 4 | 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'' Selah.
#### 5 | The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
#### 6 | For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
#### 7 | A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
#### 8 | Yahweh, God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
#### 9 | You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
#### 10 | You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
#### 11 | The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.
#### 12 | The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
#### 13 | You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
#### 14 | Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before your face.
#### 15 | Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
#### 16 | In your name do they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
#### 17 | For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
#### 18 | For our shield belongs to Yahweh; Our king to the Holy One of Israel.
#### 19 | Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, 'I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
#### 20 | I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
#### 21 | With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
#### 22 | No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
#### 23 | I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
#### 24 | But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
#### 25 | I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
#### 26 | He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
#### 27 | I will also appoint him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
#### 28 | I will keep my lovingkindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
#### 29 | I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
#### 30 | If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;
#### 31 | If they break my statutes, And don't keep my commandments;
#### 32 | Then I will punish their sin with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
#### 33 | But I will not completely take my lovingkindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
#### 34 | I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.
#### 35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
#### 36 | His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.
#### 37 | It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky.' Selah.
#### 38 | But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
#### 39 | You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
#### 40 | You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
#### 41 | All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
#### 42 | You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
#### 43 | Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, And haven't supported him in battle.
#### 44 | You have ended his splendor, And thrown his throne down to the ground.
#### 45 | You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
#### 46 | How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
#### 47 | Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
#### 48 | What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
#### 49 | Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
#### 50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
#### 51 | With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
#### 52 | Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV Psalm 90 A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.

Psalms 90

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