Psalm 89:1-18, Chant D

 

Psalm 89:1-18     Misericordias Domini

1 Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; *
from age to age my mouth will pro-claim your faith-fulness.

2 For I am persuaded that your love is established for e-ver; *
you have set your faithfulness firmly in the hea-vens.

3 “I have made a covenant with my cho-sen one; *
I have sworn an oath to Da-vid my ser-vant:

4 ‘I will establish your line for e-ver, *
and preserve your throne for all gen-er-a-tions.'”

5 The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O LORD, *
and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the ho-ly ones;

6 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? *
who is like the LORD a-mong the gods?

7 God is much to be feared in the council of the ho-ly ones, *
great and terrible to all those round a-bout him.

8 Who is like you, LORD God of hosts? *
O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all a-round you.

9 You rule the raging of the sea *
and still the surging of its waves.

10 You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a dead-ly wound; *
you have scattered your enemies with your migh-ty arm.

11 Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *
you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.

12 You have made the north and the south; *
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.

13 You have a migh-ty arm; *
strong is your hand and high is your right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *
love and truth go be-fore your face.

15 Happy are the people who know the fes-tal shout! *
they walk, O LORD, in the light of your pre-sence.

16 They rejoice daily in your Name; *
they are jubilant in your right-eousness.

17 For you are the glory of their strength, *
and by your favor our might is ex-al-ted.

18 Truly, the LORD is our rul-er; *
The Holy One of Israel is our King.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ev-er. A-men.