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 Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
2 For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
“I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
4 “Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.” (Selah)
5 And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of holy ones.
Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvelous faithfulness, Lord.
6 For who in the sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?
For who in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round 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 mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
9 You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
10 You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
11 The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did found them.
12 North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
13 You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth go before Your face.
Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
15 O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
16 They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
17 For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
For you are our strength and our pride. Your favor will lift us to honor.
18 For our shield [is] of YHWH, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and 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,
In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people
20 I have found My servant David, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
“I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
22 An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.
“No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
23 And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,
but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
“My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honor.
25 And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
I will set 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.”
“As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’
27 I also appoint him firstborn, Highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
28 For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
“My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
29 And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his sons forsake My law, And do not walk in My judgments;
“If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
31 If they defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
32 I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
“I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
33 And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
34 I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
“I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,
Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
36 His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
“that his line should endure forever, 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)
firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” (Selah)
38 And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
39 Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges, You have made his fortifications a ruin.
You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
41 Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been a reproach to his neighbors,
All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbors is he now.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
43 Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
44 Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, and 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 you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
47 Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of men?
Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
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 can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your faithfulness?
Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
51 With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!
Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
