Psalm 89:30-45

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

30 n If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules, 1
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

  1. 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.
  2. Cross References
    Job 9:34
    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 89:28
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 89:4
    I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 72:5
    May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
  11. Cross References
    Job 16:19
    Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 44:9
    But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 89:3
    You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
  16. 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.
  17. Cross References
    Job 19:9
    He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 80:12
    Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 89:40
    You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
  20. 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.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 102:23
    He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
  22. 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!
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