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 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 I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware 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 seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)

5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly 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 heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?

7 God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round 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 you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.

9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.

10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy 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 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.

12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.

13 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.

14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your 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 knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.

16 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.

17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,

18 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

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 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 David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.

21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

But 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 call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper 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, higher than 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 [shall be] firm with him.

29 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

31 If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.

33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.

34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of 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 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)

and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)

38 But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.

41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is 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 enemies; you have 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.

You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)

46 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?

47 Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons 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)

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 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?

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 have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;

51 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.

52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.

Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.