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.

“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, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou 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 elect, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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

Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” (Selah)

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

And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of 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 sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty?

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

God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all 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 powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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

Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest 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: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies.

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

Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them.

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

The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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

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 Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.

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 cornet's sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.

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

In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be 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 through thy favor will our horn be 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 of 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 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 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 firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;

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

The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:

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

And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.

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

But my faithfulness and my kindness 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.

And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.

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

He will 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.

Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth.

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

For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.

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

And I appoint for ever his seed, 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 my 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 with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.

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

Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.

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

I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.

35 Once and for all I have sworn 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 offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

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

Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)

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

And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.

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

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.

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 strong-holds to terror.

41 All who pass by plunder 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 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

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

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.

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

Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.

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

Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?

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

Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons 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 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 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?

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

Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the [burden] of all the many nations;

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

That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

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