Psalms 89
1 [A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
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 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is 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 with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne for all generations.'" (Selah)
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
5 The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the 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 skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD,
For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
8 LORD, God of hosts, who is a mighty one like you, LORD? 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 rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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 also is yours; the 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 The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving 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 Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from 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 David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also 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 will call 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 will also appoint him my firstborn, the 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 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
29 And I will establish his descendants forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances;
If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
31 if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
36 His descendants will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." (Selah)
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
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 brought his strongholds to ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become an object of ridicule 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 made all of his enemies rejoice.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is. Have you created the descendants of Adam for no reason?
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power 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 LORD, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
50 Remember, LORD, the ridicule of all the many peoples against your servants I have borne in my heart,
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
51 how your enemies have ridiculed, LORD, how they have ridiculed the footsteps of your anointed one.
Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forevermore. Amen, and Amen.
Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
