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.
Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
2 For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
3 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
I have made a covenant with my elect: 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)
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
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 clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about 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 to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
11 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
13 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
15 Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
16 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
18 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king 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.
Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
And my truth 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.
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
27 And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, high above 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 keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
31 If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
His seed shall endure for ever.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
38 But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
46 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
47 Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
48 What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
51 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
