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.

An Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite. The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after 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 said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.

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

I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant:

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

Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. (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 wondrousness, O Yahweh, —Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones.

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

For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, 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.

A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.

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

O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:

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

Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still:

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

Thou, hast crushed—as one slain—Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.

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

Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them;

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

The north and the south, Thou, didst create them, —Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

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

Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High 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 establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, go before thy face.

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

How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along;

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

In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted.

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

For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted.

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

For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth 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 spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst—I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;

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

I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

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

With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him;

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

No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him;

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

And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite;

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

And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn;

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

And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand;

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

He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!

27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!

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

Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;

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

Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, 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 sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;

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

If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep:

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

Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:

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

But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;

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

I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded 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, Verily, to David, will I not lie;

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

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

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

Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. (Selah)

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

Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!

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

Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;

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

Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;

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

All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath 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 raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;

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

Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;

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

Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne—to the ground, hast thou hurled;

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

Thou hast shortened the days of his youths, —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 Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?

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

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

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

Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? 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, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

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

In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One!

52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen!