< 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.
AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
2 For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
3 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
“Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of 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 sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
O YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
11 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
13 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth 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.
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
16 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
18 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
For our shield [is] of YHWH, 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.
Then You have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of 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 holy oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.
23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,
24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
He proclaims to Me: “You [are] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.”
27 And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
I also appoint him firstborn, 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;
For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
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 defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)
38 But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
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 fortifications a ruin.
41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been 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 adversaries, You have caused 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.
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?
47 Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of men?
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 lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your faithfulness?
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, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!

< Psalms 89 >