Psalms 89
1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty man. I have exalted a chosen man out of the people.
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
