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Psalms Chapter 89

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89
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The psalmist mourns the loss of his son Absalom and the bloodshed that follows, pleading for divine protection and justice. He reminds God of the covenant promises and the need for loyalty, asking that the wicked be punished. The chapter emphasizes God's sovereignty over judgment and the consequences of rebellion.

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(1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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I Kings 4:31I Chronicles 2:6Psalms 86:12Psalms 86:13Psalms 101:1Psalms 106:1Psalms 136:1Psalms 136:2Psalms 136:3Psalms 136:4Psalms 136:5Psalms 136:6

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Matthew 1:17Psalms 47:6

(2) For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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Psalms 36:5Psalms 103:17Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 9:17Nehemiah 9:31Luke 1:50Ephesians 1:6Ephesians 1:7Ephesians 1:5Numbers 23:19Matthew 24:35Hebrews 6:18

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(3) I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
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Psalms 89:28Psalms 89:34Psalms 89:39II Samuel 7:10II Samuel 7:11II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:14II Samuel 7:15II Samuel 7:16II Samuel 23:5I Kings 8:16

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(4) Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
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(5) And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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Psalms 19:1Psalms 50:6Psalms 97:6Isaiah 44:23Luke 2:10Luke 2:11Luke 2:12Luke 2:13Luke 2:14Luke 2:15Ephesians 3:10I Peter 1:12

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(6) For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
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Psalms 89:8Psalms 40:5Psalms 71:19Psalms 73:25Psalms 86:8Psalms 113:5Exodus 15:11Jeremiah 10:6Psalms 29:1Psalms 52:1

(7) God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
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(8) O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
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Psalms 84:12Joshua 22:22Isaiah 28:22Psalms 89:13Psalms 24:8Psalms 147:5I Samuel 15:19Job 9:19Isaiah 40:25Isaiah 40:26Jeremiah 32:17Matthew 6:13

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(9) Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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(10) Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
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(11) The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
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(12) The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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(13) Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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Psalms 89:10Psalms 62:11Daniel 4:34Daniel 4:35Matthew 6:13

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(14) Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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(15) Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
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(16) In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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(17) For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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(18) For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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(19) Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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I Samuel 16:1II Samuel 7:8II Samuel 7:9II Samuel 7:10II Samuel 7:11II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:14II Samuel 7:15II Samuel 7:16II Samuel 7:17Luke 1:70

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(20) I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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(21) With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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(22) The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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I Chronicles 17:9Matthew 4:1Matthew 4:2Matthew 4:3Matthew 4:4Matthew 4:5Matthew 4:6Matthew 4:7Matthew 4:8Matthew 4:9Matthew 4:10John 17:12

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(23) And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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(24) But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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(25) I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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(26) He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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(27) Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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(28) My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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(29) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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(30) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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(31) If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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(32) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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(33) Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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(34) My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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(35) Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
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(36) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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(37) It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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(38) But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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(39) Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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(40) Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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(41) All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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(42) Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:25Deuteronomy 28:25Deuteronomy 28:43Lamentations 2:17John 16:20Revelation 11:10

(43) Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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(44) Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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(45) The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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(46) How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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(47) Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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(48) What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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(49) Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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Psalms 77:9Psalms 77:10Isaiah 63:7Isaiah 63:8Isaiah 63:9Isaiah 63:10Isaiah 63:11Isaiah 63:12Isaiah 63:13Isaiah 63:14Isaiah 63:15Psalms 89:3

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(50) Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
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(51) Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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(52) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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