< 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 instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations 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 the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. (Selah)
5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an 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, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among 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 very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13 Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high 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 fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness 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.
O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel 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 hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one 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 I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
And I have set 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 proclaimeth 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 first-born do appoint him, 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.
To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
And I have set his seed for ever, 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 judgments do not walk;
31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted 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 hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been 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 caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
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 liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (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. Thou hast sworn to 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 Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!

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