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. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
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 unto David My servant:
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
For ever will I establish thy seed, 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.
So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
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 skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that 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 hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest 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 didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter 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.
Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast 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 hast 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.
Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted 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; mercy and truth go before Thee.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, 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 through 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 art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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 spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen 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 have I anointed him;
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
With whom My hand shall be established; Mine 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 to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that 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 mercy shall be with him; and through 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 set his hand also 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 call unto Me: Thou art 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 appoint him first-born, 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.
For ever will I keep for him My mercy, 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.
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
34 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;
36 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
His seed shall endure for ever, 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 for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' (Selah)
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast 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 turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast 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 hast 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 hast Thou shortened; Thou hast 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 LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long 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 hast Thou created all the children 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 that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto 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 taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
