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.
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.
2 For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
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 is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are 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 Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
10 You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
11 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
12 You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
13 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
14 Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
16 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
17 For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
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 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.
20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
He will say to me, You 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.
And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over 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 mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
30 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
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 be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
36 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
37 and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
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.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
43 You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
44 You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
45 You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
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 now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
