Psalms 89
1 [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.
I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.
3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.
6 For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God?
For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.
10 You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
11 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.
12 You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
13 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
16 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
17 For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 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.
Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty man. I have exalted a chosen man out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,
24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
34 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
36 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
44 You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
48 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)
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.
