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 Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy 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 know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.
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 my chosen; 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)
Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy 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 praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!
6 For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah 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.
A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around him?
8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? 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 raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, 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 didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy 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 thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found 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 were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.
14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy 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.
Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! 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 they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!
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; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is 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.
Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst, —”I have laid help on one that is mighty; 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 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 him shall my hand be established, And my 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 not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow 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.
My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.
26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
He shall say to 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.
I will also make him my first-born, 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 mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.
29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.
30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,
31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,
32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
I will punish their transgressions with a 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.
But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from 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 in my holiness, That I will not be false 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 family 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 like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry 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 with thy servant; Thou hast cast 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 who pass by plunder him; He is 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.
Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast 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! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast 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 liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy 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 thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]
