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.
An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
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 heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
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 is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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.
Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall 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 shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
24 But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
And as to me, I will make him 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.
My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto 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 seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
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.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
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, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
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 liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
