Psalm 89:1-13

Contemporary English Version

(A special psalm by Ethan the Ezrahite.)

The Lord's Agreement with David

¹^(A) Our Lord, I will sing
    of your love forever.
Everyone yet to be born
will hear me praise
    your faithfulness.
²I will tell them, “God's love
    can always be trusted,
and his faithfulness lasts
    as long as the heavens.”

³You said, “David, my servant,
    is my chosen one,
and this is the agreement
    I made with him:
⁴^(B) David, one of your descendants
    will always be king.”

⁵Our Lord, let the heavens
now praise your miracles,
and let all your angels
praise your faithfulness.

⁶None who live in the heavens
    can compare with you.
⁷You are the most fearsome
    of all who live in heaven;
all the others fear
    and greatly honor you.
⁸You are Lord God All-Powerful!
No one is as loving
    and faithful as you are.
⁹You rule the roaring sea
    and calm its waves.
¹⁰You crushed the monster Rahab,^[a]
and with your powerful arm
    you scattered your enemies.
¹¹The heavens and the earth
    belong to you.
And so does the world
    with all its people
because you created them
¹²    and everything else.^[b]

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon
gladly praise you.
¹³You are strong and mighty!

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Footnotes

89.10 Rahab: Many people in the ancient world thought that the world was controlled by this sea monster that the Lord destroyed at the time of creation (see Isaiah 51.9).
89.12 and everything else: The Hebrew text has “Zaphon and Yamin,” which may either be the names of mountains or refer to the directions “north and south,” with the meaning “everything from north to south.”