Psalms 89
1 The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.
[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.
2 For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
3 I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
4 I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
5 The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
6 For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?
For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God?
7 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.
God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
8 O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
9 You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
10 You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
11 Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.
The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
12 You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.
Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
15 Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
16 and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
18 For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.
for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
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.
20 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
21 For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
23 And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
24 And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
27 And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.
And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
29 And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
31 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
33 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
34 And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
35 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
36 his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
38 Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
40 You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
41 All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
44 You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
45 You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
46 How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
47 Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?
Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
48 Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
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)
49 O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?
Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
50 Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
51 With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
52 Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.
Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
