I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

Psalm 89

A Maskil 1 of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1
i I will sing of j the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your k faithfulness to all generations.
 2 For I said, j "Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens l you will establish your k faithfulness."
 3 You have said, "I have made m a covenant with my n chosen one;
I have o sworn to David my servant:
 4 'I will establish your p offspring forever,
and build your q throne for all generations.'" Selah

5 Let r the heavens praise your s wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of t the holy ones!
 6 For u who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
u Who among the heavenly beings 2 is like the Lord,
 7 a God greatly v to be feared in the council of t the holy ones,
and awesome above all w who are around him?
 8 O Lord God of hosts,
x who is mighty as you are, O y Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
 9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you z still them.
 10 You a crushed b Rahab like a carcass;
you c scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
 11 d The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
e the world and all that is in it, you have f founded them.
 12 g The north and the south, you have created them;
h Tabor and i Hermon j joyously praise your name.
 13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
 14 k Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
l steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
 15 Blessed are the people who know m the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in n the light of your face,
 16 who exult in your o name all the day
and in your righteousness are p exalted.
 17 For you are q the glory of their strength;
by your favor our r horn is exalted.
 18 For our s shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to t the Holy One of Israel.

19 u Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, 3 and said:
"I have v granted help to one who is w mighty;
I have exalted one x chosen from the people.
 20 y I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have z anointed him,
 21 so that my a hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
 22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
b the wicked shall not humble him.
 23 I will c crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
 24 My d faithfulness and my d steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his e horn be exalted.
 25 I will set his hand on f the sea
and his right hand on f the rivers.
 26 He shall cry to me, 'You are my g Father,
my God, and h the Rock of my salvation.'
 27 And I will make him the i firstborn,
j the highest of the kings of the earth.
 28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my k covenant will stand firm 4 for him.
 29 I will establish his l offspring forever
and his l throne as m the days of the heavens.
 30 n If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules, 5
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
 32 then I will punish their transgression with o the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
 33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
 34 I will not violate my k covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
 35 Once for all I have sworn p by my holiness;
I will not q lie to David.
 36 His l offspring shall endure forever,
r his l throne as long as s the sun before me.
 37 Like s the moon it shall be established forever,
t a faithful witness in the skies." Selah

38 But now you have u cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your v anointed.
 39 You have w renounced x the covenant with your servant;
you have y defiled his z crown in the dust.
 40 You have a breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
 41 a All who pass by plunder him;
he has become b the scorn of his neighbors.
 42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
 43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
 44 You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
 45 You have cut short c the days of his youth;
you have d covered him with shame. Selah

46 e How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath f burn like fire?
 47 g Remember h how short my i time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
 48 j What man can live and never k see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of l Sheol? Selah

49 Lord, where is your m steadfast love of old,
which by your m faithfulness you swore to David?
 50 n Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my o heart the insults 6 of all the many nations,
 51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock p the footsteps of your q anointed.

52 r Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:31
    For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
    1 Chronicles 2:6
    The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 101:1
    I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 89:14
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of...
    Psalms 89:24
    My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be ...
    Psalms 89:28
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, ...
    Psalms 89:33
    But I will not remove from him my steadfast lov...
    Psalms 89:49
    Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, whic...
    Isaiah 55:3
    Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that yo...
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 89:5
    Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, yo...
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, ...
    Psalms 89:24
    My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be ...
    Psalms 89:33
    But I will not remove from him my steadfast lov...
    Psalms 89:49
    Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, whic...
    Psalms 88:11
    Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, o...
    Psalms 119:90
    Your faithfulness endures to all generations; y...
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 36:5
    Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 89:28
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
    Psalms 89:34
    I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
    Psalms 89:39
    You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 89:19
    Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
    1 Kings 8:16
    'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
    Isaiah 42:1
    Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 89:35
    Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I wil...
    Psalms 89:49
    Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, whic...
    Psalms 132:11
    The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which ...
    2 Samuel 7:8 - 16
    Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servan...
    1 Chronicles 17:7 - 14
    Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servan...
    Jeremiah 33:17 - 21
    For thus says the Lord : David shall never lack...
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Isaiah 9:7
    Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
    Luke 1:32 - 33
    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 19:1
    The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
    Psalms 50:6
    The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
    Psalms 97:6
    The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
    Revelation 7:10 - 12
    And crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 88:12
    Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 89:7
    A God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
    Job 5:1
    Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
    Job 15:15
    Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
    Job 1:6
    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
    Psalms 86:8
    There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
    Psalms 86:8
    There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 47:2
    For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 89:5
    Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 103:20 - 21
    Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
  21. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:2
    There is none holy like the Lord ; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.
    Psalms 35:10
    All my bones shall say, "O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 68:4
    Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord ; exult before him!
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 65:7
    Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
    Job 38:11
    And said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 14:30
    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  25. Cross References
    Job 9:13
    God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 53:5
    There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
    1 Chronicles 29:11
    Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 24:1
    The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 104:5
    He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
  30. Cross References
    Job 26:7
    He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:18
    As I live, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:9
    (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir).
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 98:8
    Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 97:2
    Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 89:2
    For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.
    Psalms 85:13
    Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
  36. Cross References
    Psalms 66:1
    Shout for joy to God, all the earth.
  37. Cross References
    Psalms 4:6
    There are many who say, "Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 20:5
    May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
    Psalms 20:7
    Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
  39. Cross References
    Job 36:7
    He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
  40. Cross References
    Psalms 78:61
    And delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.
  41. Cross References
    Psalms 89:24
    My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
    Psalms 75:10
    All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
  42. Cross References
    Psalms 47:9
    The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!
  43. Cross References
    Psalms 71:22
    I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
  44. Cross References
    Psalms 89:3 - 4
    You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  45. Cross References
    Psalms 21:5
    His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
  46. Cross References
    2 Samuel 17:10
    Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.
  47. Cross References
    Psalms 89:3
    You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  48. Cross References
    Acts 13:22
    And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
  49. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:13
    Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
  50. Cross References
    Psalms 80:17
    But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
  51. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:10
    And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly.
  52. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:9
    And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
    Psalms 2:9
    You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  53. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  54. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  55. Cross References
    Psalms 89:17
    For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
  56. Cross References
    Psalms 72:8
    May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
  57. Cross References
    Psalms 72:8
    May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
  58. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:14
    I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
  59. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  60. Cross References
    Exodus 4:22
    Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
    Romans 8:29
    For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
    Colossians 1:15
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
    Colossians 1:18
    And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
    Hebrews 1:5
    For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
  61. Cross References
    Numbers 24:7
    Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
    Revelation 19:16
    On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
  62. Cross References
    Psalms 89:3
    You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  63. Cross References
    Psalms 89:4
    I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
  64. Cross References
    Psalms 89:4
    I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
  65. Cross References
    Job 14:12
    So a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
  66. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:14
    I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
    1 Kings 2:4
    That the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.
  67. Cross References
    Job 9:34
    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
  68. Cross References
    Psalms 89:28
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
  69. Cross References
    Psalms 60:6
    God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
  70. Cross References
    Hebrews 6:18
    So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
  71. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
  72. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
  73. Cross References
    Psalms 89:4
    I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
  74. Cross References
    Psalms 72:5
    May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
  75. Cross References
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
  76. Cross References
    Job 16:19
    Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
  77. Cross References
    Psalms 44:9
    But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
  78. Cross References
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
    Psalms 89:51
    With which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
  79. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:7
    The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord as on the day of festival.
  80. Cross References
    Psalms 89:3
    You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  81. Cross References
    Psalms 74:7
    They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
  82. Cross References
    Job 19:9
    He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head.
  83. Cross References
    Psalms 80:12
    Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
  84. Cross References
    Psalms 89:40
    You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
  85. Cross References
    Psalms 89:50
    Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations.
    Psalms 44:13
    You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
    Psalms 69:9
    For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
    Psalms 69:19
    You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you.
  86. Cross References
    Psalms 102:23
    He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
  87. Cross References
    Psalms 71:13
    May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
    Psalms 109:29
    May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
  88. Cross References
    Psalms 13:1
    How long, O Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
  89. Cross References
    Psalms 78:63
    Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.
    Psalms 79:5
    How long, O Lord ? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
  90. Cross References
    Job 7:7
    Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.
    Job 10:9
    Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
  91. Cross References
    Job 14:1
    Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.
  92. Cross References
    Psalms 39:5
    Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
  93. Cross References
    Psalms 49:9
    That he should live on forever and never see the pit.
  94. Cross References
    Luke 2:26
    And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
    Hebrews 11:5
    By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
  95. Cross References
    Psalms 16:10
    For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
  96. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1 - 2
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  97. Cross References
    Psalms 89:1 - 2
    I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  98. Cross References
    Psalms 89:41
    All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
    Psalms 74:18
    Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
    Psalms 74:22
    Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
  99. Cross References
    Psalms 79:12
    Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
  100. Cross References
    Psalms 17:11
    They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.
    Psalms 56:6
    They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
  101. Cross References
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
    Psalms 89:38
    But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
  102. Cross References
    Psalms 41:13
    Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
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