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Ethan begins with God's mercy and covenant with David, celebrates God's incomparable rule and chosen king, then laments that the crown appears cast down and asks how long God will hide Himself.
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Psalms 89
Ethan begins with God's mercy and covenant with David, celebrates God's incomparable rule and chosen king, then laments that the crown appears cast down and asks how long God will hide Himself.
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Verses 1–4Ethan begins by praising God’s mercy and covenant with DavidVerses 5–14God’s incomparable power, faithfulness, righteousness, and rule are praisedVerses 15–18Blessed are the people who walk in God’s favor and strengthVerses 19–37God’s covenant promises concerning David and his seed are recalledVerses 38–52The apparent rejection of the anointed leads to lament, plea, and final blessing
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1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for…2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for…3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have…4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up…5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy…6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the…7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of…8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD…9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves…10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is…11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as…12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor…13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and…14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy…15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they…16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and…17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in…18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One…19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and…20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil…21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also…22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son…23And I will beat down his foes before his face,…24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:…25I will set his hand also in the sea, and…26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my…27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the…28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and…29His seed also will I make to endure for ever,…30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in…31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and…33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,…34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing…35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will…36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as…37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and…38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been…39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou…40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought…41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is…42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;…43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and…44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his…45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast…46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall…47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made…48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see…49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto…50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do…51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have…52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.