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: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

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

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

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.’”

Thy seed will I establish for ever, 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.

And the heavens shall 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 the mighty is like unto the LORD,

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

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round 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 JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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

Thou rulest the pride 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 hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: 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.

Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

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

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.

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

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: 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 in 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 shall be exalted.

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

For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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 spakest in vision to thy saints, 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 upon 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 down 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 in 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 cry 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 make him [my] firstborn, 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.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, 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 my judgments;

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

If they break 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 stripes.

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

But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that 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; 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 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 [as] the faithful witness in the 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 hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.

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 reproach 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 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 hid 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 shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest 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 reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples:

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

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

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