Psalms 89

1 [A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the loving kindness of YHWH forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.

2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.

3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:

4 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne for all generations.'" (Selah)

I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.

5 The heavens will praise your wonders, YHWH; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.

6 For who in the skies can be compared to YHWH? Who among the sons of God is like YHWH,

For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?

7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.

8 YHWH, the God of hosts, who is a mighty one like you, JAH? Your faithfulness is around you.

O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.

9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.

10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.

11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.

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

You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.

13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.

15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, YHWH.

Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,

16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.

17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.

18 For our shield belongs to YHWH; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.

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 you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.

20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.

22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.

23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.

24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.

25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”

27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.

28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.

29 And I will establish his descendants forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.

30 If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances;

But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,

31 if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;

if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:

32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.

33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.

34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,

36 His descendants will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,

37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." (Selah)

and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.

38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.

39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.

40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.

41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.

All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.

43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.

44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.

45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)

You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.

46 How long, YHWH? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?

47 Remember how short my time is. Have you created the descendants of Adam for no reason?

Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?

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)

Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)

49 YHWH, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?

50 Remember, YHWH, the ridicule of all the many peoples against your servants I have borne in my heart,

Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.

51 how your enemies have ridiculed, YHWH, how they have ridiculed the footsteps of your anointed one.

With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.

52 Blessed be YHWH forevermore. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.