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,

The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.

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

For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.

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

I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:

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

I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.

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

The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church 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 among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?

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

God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around 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 you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.

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

You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.

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

You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.

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

Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.

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

You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.

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

Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your 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 preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your 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 jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,

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

and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.

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

For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.

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

For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.

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 you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.

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

I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

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

For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.

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

The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.

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

And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.

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

And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.

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

And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

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

He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”

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

And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.

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

I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.

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

And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.

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

But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,

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

if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:

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

I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.

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

But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.

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

And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.

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

I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,

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

his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,

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

and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.

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

Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.

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

You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.

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

You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.

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

All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.

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

You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.

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

You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.

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

You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.

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

You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.

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

How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?

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

Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed 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)

Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)

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

O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?

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

Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.

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

With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.

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

Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.