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 mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your 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 for ever: your faithfulness shall you 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 unto David my servant,
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your 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 your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of 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 in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty 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.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence 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 strong LORD like unto you? or to your faithfulness round about you?
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you 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.
You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
11 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you 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 you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.
14 Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your 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 that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
16 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
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: and in your favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For the LORD is our defence; 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 you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, 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 upon 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 foes before his face, and plague 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 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 set his hand also 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 shall cry unto 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.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
My mercy will I keep 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.
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 my judgments;
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 will I 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.
Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer 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.
My covenant will I not break, 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.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie 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 as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been angry with your anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds 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 a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you 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.
You have also turned 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.
You have made his glory 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 have you shortened: you 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, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore have you made all men in vain?
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 lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you sware unto David in your truth?
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 your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
Wherewith your enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
