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 Ezrachite.” The kindnesses of the Lord will I for ever sing: from generation to generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.
For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:
“I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.
And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of 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 sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty?
7 a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?
God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about 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 powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.
Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them.
10 Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.
Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.
15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
Happy is the people that know the cornet's sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.
16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted.
17 For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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.
Then spokest thou in a vision to thy pious [servant], and saidst, “I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth out of the people;
20 I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;
22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:
23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,
And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.
24 but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.
26 He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.
29 I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;
31 if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,
Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.
33 but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.
35 I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.
37 It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)
Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
38 But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.
And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.
39 Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.
40 Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.
44 Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of 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 is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?
Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,
Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the [burden] of all the many nations;
51 with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.
52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
