Psalms 89

1 AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,

[A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.

2 For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”

For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:

I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

4 “Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)

I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Pause)

5 And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of holy ones.

The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.

6 For who in the sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?

For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?

7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.

8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.

O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

9 You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.

Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.

10 You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.

Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies.

11 The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.

The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.

12 North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.

Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

13 You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.

Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.

14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth go before Your face.

Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

15 O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.

Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

16 They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,

And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

17 For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,

For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,

18 For our shield [is] of YHWH, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

19 Then You have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

20 I have found My servant David, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.

21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.

For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

22 An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.

The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

23 And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.

But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

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

26 He proclaims to Me: “You [are] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.”

He shall call upon me, [saying], Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.

27 I also appoint him firstborn, Highest of the kings of the earth.

And I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

28 For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.

I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.

29 And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

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

30 If his sons forsake My law, And do not walk in My judgments;

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

31 If they defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,

if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;

32 I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,

I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.

33 And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.

34 I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.

Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.

35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,

Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.

36 His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,

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

37 It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)

and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)

38 And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,

But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed.

39 Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,

Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.

40 You have broken down all his hedges, You have made his fortifications a ruin.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.

41 Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been a reproach to his neighbors,

All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,

Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.

44 Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.

Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.

45 You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)

Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. (Pause)

46 Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?

How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?

47 Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of men?

Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

48 Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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)

49 Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your faithfulness?

Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?

50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;

51 With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.

wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed.

52 Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!

Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.