Psalms 89
1 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.
Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
13 Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
19 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.
Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
20 I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
