Psalms 89
1 Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
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.
2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
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.
20 I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
