PSALMS 87-89

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Glorious Things of You Are SpokenA Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
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On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2

the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. 3

Glorious things of you are spoken,

O city of God. Selah
4

Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush—

“This one was born there,” they say. 5

And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will establish her. 6

The Lord records as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah
7

Singers and dancers alike say,

“All my springs are in you.” I Cry Out Day and Night Before YouA Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
88:1

O Lord, God of my salvation,

I cry out day and night before you. 2

Let my prayer come before you;

incline your ear to my cry!
3

For my soul is full of troubles,

and my life draws near to Sheol. 4

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am a man who has no strength, 5

like one set loose among the dead,

like the slain that lie in the grave,

like those whom you remember no more,

for they are cut off from your hand. 6

You have put me in the depths of the pit,

in the regions dark and deep. 7

Your wrath lies heavy upon me,

and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8

You have caused my companions to shun me;

you have made me a horror to them.

I am shut in so that I cannot escape; 9

my eye grows dim through sorrow.

Every day I call upon you, O Lord;

I spread out my hands to you. 10

Do you work wonders for the dead?

Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah 11

Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,

or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 12

Are your wonders known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13

But I, O Lord, cry to you;

in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14

O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?

Why do you hide your face from me? 15

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. 16

Your wrath has swept over me;

your dreadful assaults destroy me. 17

They surround me like a flood all day long;

they close in on me together. 18

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;

my companions have become darkness. I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the LordA Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2

For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;

in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” 3

You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant: 4

‘I will establish your offspring forever,

and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5

Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! 6

For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord, 7

a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,

and awesome above all who are around him? 8

O Lord God of hosts,

who is mighty as you are, O Lord,

with your faithfulness all around you? 9

You rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you still them. 10

You crushed Rahab like a carcass;

you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 11

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;

the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. 12

The north and the south, you have created them;

Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. 13

You have a mighty arm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand. 14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. 15

Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, 16

who exult in your name all the day

and in your righteousness are exalted. 17

For you are the glory of their strength;

by your favor our horn is exalted. 18

For our shield belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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. 20

I have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have anointed him, 21

so that my hand shall be established with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him. 22

The enemy shall not outwit him;

the wicked shall not humble him. 23

I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him. 24

My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25

I will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers. 26

He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ 27

And I will make him the firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth. 28

My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my covenant will stand firm for him. 29

I will establish his offspring forever

and his throne as the days of the heavens. 30

If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules, 31

if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments, 32

then I will punish their transgression with 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 covenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips. 35

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David. 36

His offspring shall endure forever,

his throne as long as the sun before me. 37

Like the moon it shall be established forever,

a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
38

But now you have cast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your anointed. 39

You have renounced the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dust. 40

You have breached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins. 41

All who pass by plunder him;

he has become 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 the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame. Selah
46

How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath burn like fire? 47

Remember how short my time is!

For what vanity you have created all the children of man! 48

What man can live and never see death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49

Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,

which by your faithfulness you swore to David? 50

Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,

and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, 51

with which your enemies mock, O Lord,

with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
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Blessed be the Lord forever!Amen and Amen.

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