Psalms 89:26-52

26He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

27I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent), The highest of the kings of the earth.

28My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

29His descendants I will establish forever, And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.

30“If his children turn away from My law And do not walk in My ordinances,

31If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline], And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.

33Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

34My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

35Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated]; I will not lie to David.

36His descendants shall endure forever And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.

37It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.

38But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

39You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.

40You have broken down all his [city] walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41All who pass along the road rob him; He has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

44You have put an end to his splendor And have hurled his throne to the ground.

45You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah.

46How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?

47Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

48What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

49O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon], Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

51With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.

52Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.