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 Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy 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 know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.

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

“I have made a covenant with my chosen; 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 family I will establish for ever, And build up thy 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 praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!

6 For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah 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.

A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around him?

8 Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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

Thou rulest the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest them!

10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

Thou didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy mighty arm.

11 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.

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

The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

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

Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.

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

Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth 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.

Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They 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.

In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!

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; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!

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

For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is 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.

Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst, —”I have laid help on one that is mighty; 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 David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.

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

With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

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

The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

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

For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that 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 mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

26 He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;

He shall say to me, 'Thou art 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 will also make him my first-born, 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;

My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

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

I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.

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

Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

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

Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

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

I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

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

But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

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

His family 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)

It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”

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

But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

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

Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

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

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

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

All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.

43 Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

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

Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne 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 youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.

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

How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine 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 how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast 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 liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)

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

Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which 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 —

Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

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

With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!

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

[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]