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 Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite. The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.

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

For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.

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

I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, 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)

Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. (Selah)

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

So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh, —Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones.

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

For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?

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

A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.

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

O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness 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 over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still:

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

Thou, hast crushed—as one slain—Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.

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

Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them;

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

The north and the south, Thou, didst create them, —Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

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

Thine is an arm with 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 justice, are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, 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.

How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along;

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

In thy Name, shall they exult 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, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted.

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

For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth 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 spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst—I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;

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

I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

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

With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him;

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

No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him;

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

And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite;

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

And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn;

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

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

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

He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!

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

Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!

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

Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;

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

Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, 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 sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;

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

If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep:

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

Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:

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

But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify 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 violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter:

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

One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie;

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

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

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

Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. (Selah)

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

Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!

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

Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;

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

Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;

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

All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath 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 raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;

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

Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;

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

Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne—to the ground, hast thou hurled;

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

Thou hast shortened the days of his youths, —Thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?

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

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

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 shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear 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, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

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

In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One!

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

Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen!