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Psalm 89

¹I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
⁶For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
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.
⁸O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
¹²The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
¹⁴Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
¹⁸For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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.
²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
²⁸My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

²The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
³Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
⁴For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
⁵For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

2And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
²(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
³And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
⁵To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
⁶And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
⁸And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
¹⁵And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
¹⁶And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
¹⁷And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
¹⁸And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
¹⁹But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.