Psalms 89
1 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.
Maschil 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 thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
19 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.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faithfulness 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.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone 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 unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (Sheol h7585)
What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
