Psalms 89
1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.
“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 you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
For I know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.
3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
“I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn to David, my servant:
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” (Pause)
5 The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly 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 heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward 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 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest them!
10 You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
Thou didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy mighty arm.
11 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.
12 You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
13 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;
16 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!
17 For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of 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 you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my 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; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
I have found David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.
23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.
24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in 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 upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
He shall say to me, 'Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
27 And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
I will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm 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 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 children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed 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, that I will not lie to David.
Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.
36 His see 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 and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have 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 You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.
44 You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.
46 How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
48 What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]
