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,

An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

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

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

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

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)

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

And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation 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 heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

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

God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for 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.

Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness 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 pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

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

Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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

Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

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

The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

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

Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

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

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth 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 know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

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

In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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

For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

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

For Jehovah is our shield, and 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 spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

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

With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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

No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

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

But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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

And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by 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 unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;

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

And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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

My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast 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 his throne as the days of heaven.

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

If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

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

If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

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

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

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

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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

My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone 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; I will not lie unto David:

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

His seed 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)

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)

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

But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

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

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown 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 brought his strongholds to ruin.

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

All that pass by the way plunder 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 oppressors; 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,

Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

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

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

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

The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

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

Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

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 liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —

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

Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.