Psalms 89
1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.
An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.
For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Selah)
'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
7 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.
God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you?
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9 You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.
Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.
Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13 You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.
Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16 In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17 For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted.
For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18 For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon 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 David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact on him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
26 He shall cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33 Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed.
And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39 You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
42 You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44 You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45 The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?
Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48 What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth?
Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.
Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
