88:11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

88:13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

88:14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

88:16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

88:17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

89:1(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.

89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

89:5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

89:6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

89:8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

89:12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

89:13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

89:14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

89:15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

89:16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

89:17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

89:18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

89:19Then 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.

89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

89:21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

89:22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

89:23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

89:24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

89:25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

89:26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

89:27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

89:28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

89:29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

89:30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

89:31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

89:33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

89:34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

89:35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

89:36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

89:38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

89:39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

89:41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

89:42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.