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.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

4 Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Selah)

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”

5 And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

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.

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto you? or to your faithfulness round about you?

O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

9 You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.

The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

12 The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.

North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

13 You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

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

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

17 For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favour our horn shall be exalted.

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; 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 My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

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

I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

26 He shall cry unto me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

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

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

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

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

33 Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

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

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

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

his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”

38 But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been angry with your anointed.

Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

39 You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin.

You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.

You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43 You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

44 You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

45 The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. (Selah)

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.

46 How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore have you made all men in vain?

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all 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)

What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)

49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you sware unto David in your truth?

Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

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 Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

51 Wherewith your enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.