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,

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.

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

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

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

I have made a covenant with my chosen, 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)

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

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

And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also 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 the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

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 assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 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 a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before 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 know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.

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

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

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 strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted.

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

For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is 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 you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; 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: my arm also shall strengthen him.

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

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

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

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

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

But my faithfulness 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.

I will set his hand also 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 cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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

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

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

My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, 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.

His seed also will I make to endure 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 children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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

If they break 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 suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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 break, 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 that I will not lie to 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 as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)

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

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

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

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

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

You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds 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 spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

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

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

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

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

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

You have made his glory 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 have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

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

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

Remember how short my time is: why have you made all 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 he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which 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,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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

With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

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

Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.