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 psalm of Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy 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 know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:

“I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn to David, my servant:

4 Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)

Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” (Pause)

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.

The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!

6 For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,

Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?

7 a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around him?

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? 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 the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest 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 break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy 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 thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.

12 The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.

Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;

16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!

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; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!

18 For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For from Jehovah is our shield, And from 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.

Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst, —”I have laid help on one that is mighty; 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 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 him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,

For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that 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 mercy 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.

I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

26 He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

He shall say to 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.

I will also make him my first-born, 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.

My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

29 I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.

30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,

Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

31 if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,

Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

32 then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,

I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

33 but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

35 I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

37 It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)

It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”

38 But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.

But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

39 Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.

Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

40 Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

All who pass by plunder him; He is 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 lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.

43 Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

44 Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne 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 covered him with shame.

46 How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?

47 O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!

Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast 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 liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)

49 Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?

Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,

Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

51 with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!

52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.

[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]