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 Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.
2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware 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 seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly 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 heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward 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.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your 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 knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
for [our] help is of the Lord; and of 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 you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my 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; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
For my hand shall support him; 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.
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
24 But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in 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 upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than 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 keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm 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 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 children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
if they should profane my ordinances, and not 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 visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed 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, that 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 see 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)
and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your 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.
You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is 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 enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
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 turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
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 is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
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 have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
