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. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
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 for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
“Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of 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 sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?
7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
O YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.
9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
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, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your 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 fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth 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.
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
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 the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
For our shield [is] of YHWH, 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.
Then You have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one 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 My servant David, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
22 The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating 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 kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
He proclaims to Me: “You [are] 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.
I also appoint him firstborn, 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.
For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
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 defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do 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 seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)
38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with 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.
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
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 fortifications a ruin.
41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been 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 adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [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?
Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of 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)
Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand 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 [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your 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, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!
