Psalm 89
Lord, I will sing for ever of your loving-kindnesses
: my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness
throughout all generations.
I have said of your loving-kindness that it is built for ever
: you have established your faithfulness in the heavens.
The Lord said ‘I have made a covenant with my chosen
: I have sworn an oath to my servant David.
‘I will establish your line for ever
: and build up your throne for all generations.’
You spoke once in a vision
: and said to your faithful one,
‘I have set a youth above a warrior
: I have exalted a young man out of the people.
‘I have found my servant David
: and anointed him with my holy oil.
‘My hand shall uphold him
: and my arm shall strengthen him.
‘No enemy shall deceive him
: no evil man shall hurt him.
‘I will crush his adversaries before him
: and strike down those that hate him.
‘My faithfulness and loving-kindness shall be with him
: and through my name his head shall be lifted high.
‘I will set the hand of his dominion upon the Western Sea
: and his right hand shall stretch to the streams of Mesopotamia.