Psalm 89

Part II

Tunc locutus es

19

You spoke once in a vision and said to your faithful people: *

“I have set the crown upon a warrior

and have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20

I have found David my servant; *

with my holy oil have I anointed him.

21

My hand will hold him fast *

and my arm will make him strong.

22

No enemy shall deceive him, *

nor any wicked man bring him down.

23

I will crush his foes before him *

and strike down those who hate him.

24

My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *

and he shall be victorious through my Name.

25

I shall make his dominion extend *

from the Great Sea to the River.

26

He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, *

my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

27

I will make him my firstborn *

and higher than the kings of the earth.

28

I will keep my love for him for ever, *

and my covenant will stand firm for him.

29

I will establish his line for ever *

and his throne as the days of heaven.”

30

“If his children forsake my law *

and do not walk according to my judgments;

31

If they break my statutes *

and do not keep my commandments;

32

I will punish their transgressions with a rod *

and their iniquities with the lash;

33

But I will not take my love from him, *

nor let my faithfulness prove false.

34

I will not break my covenant, *

nor change what has gone out of my lips.

35

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *

‘I will not lie to David.

36

His line shall endure for ever *

and his throne as the sun before me;

37

It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *

the abiding witness in the sky.’ ”

38

But you have cast off and rejected your anointed; *

you have become enraged at him.

39

You have broken your covenant with your servant, *

defiled his crown, and hurled it to the ground.

40

You have breached all his walls *

and laid his strongholds in ruins.

41

All who pass by despoil him; *

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42

You have exalted the right hand of his foes *

and made all his enemies rejoice.

43

You have turned back the edge of his sword *

and have not sustained him in battle.

44

You have put an end to his splendor *

and cast his throne to the ground.

45

You have cut short the days of his youth *

and have covered him with shame.

46

How long will you hide yourself, O Lord?

will you hide yourself for ever? *

how long will your anger burn like fire?

47

Remember, Lord, how short life is, *

how frail you have made all flesh.

48

Who can live and not see death? *

who can save himself from the power of the grave?

49

Where, Lord, are your loving-kindnesses of old, *

which you promised David in your faithfulness?

50

Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, *

how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples,

51

The taunts your enemies have hurled, O Lord, *

which they hurled at the heels of your anointed.

52

Blessed be the Lord for evermore! *

Amen, I say, Amen.