Psalm 89

Part II

Tunc locutus es
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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.
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I have found David my servant; *
with my holy oil have I anointed him.
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My hand will hold him fast *
and my arm will make him strong.
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No enemy shall deceive him, *
nor any wicked man bring him down.
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I will crush his foes before him *
and strike down those who hate him.
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My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *
and he shall be victorious through my Name.
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I shall make his dominion extend *
from the Great Sea to the River.
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He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, *
my God, and the rock of my salvation.’
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I will make him my firstborn *
and higher than the kings of the earth.
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I will keep my love for him for ever, *
and my covenant will stand firm for him.
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I will establish his line for ever *
and his throne as the days of heaven.”
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“If his children forsake my law *
and do not walk according to my judgments;
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If they break my statutes *
and do not keep my commandments;
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I will punish their transgressions with a rod *
and their iniquities with the lash;
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But I will not take my love from him, *
nor let my faithfulness prove false.
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I will not break my covenant, *
nor change what has gone out of my lips.
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *
‘I will not lie to David.
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His line shall endure for ever *
and his throne as the sun before me;
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It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *
the abiding witness in the sky.’ ”
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But you have cast off and rejected your anointed; *
you have become enraged at him.
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You have broken your covenant with your servant, *
defiled his crown, and hurled it to the ground.
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You have breached all his walls *
and laid his strongholds in ruins.
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All who pass by despoil him; *
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
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You have exalted the right hand of his foes *
and made all his enemies rejoice.
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You have turned back the edge of his sword *
and have not sustained him in battle.
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You have put an end to his splendor *
and cast his throne to the ground.
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You have cut short the days of his youth *
and have covered him with shame.
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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?
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Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, *
how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples,
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The taunts your enemies have hurled, O Lord, *
which they hurled at the heels of your anointed.
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Blessed be the Lord for evermore! *
Amen, I say, Amen.