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. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.

2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.

3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:

4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”

For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' (Selah)

5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,

7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?

8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.

9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.

10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.

11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.

12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.

13 Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.

15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.

16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.

18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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 Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20 I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him;

21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

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

23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

He shall call unto Me: Thou art 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.

I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;

31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;

32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.

33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.

34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.

35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;

36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”

It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' (Selah)

38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.

39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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

41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

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

45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.

The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!

48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)

What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;

51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.