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 Ezrahite. I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
“I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.” (Selah)
5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvelous faithfulness, Lord.
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 may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round 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 mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did found them.
12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
13 Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
For you are our strength and our pride. Your favor will lift us to honor.
18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and 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.
In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people
20 I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
“I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
“No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
“My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honor.
25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
I will set his hand 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.’
“As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’
27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
“My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
“If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
“I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
“I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
“that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,
37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” (Selah)
38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbors is he now.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
