Psalms 89
1 An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
