Psalms 89
1 “A psalm of Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations!
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 know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.
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 with my chosen; I have sworn to David, my servant:
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
4 Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” (Pause)
Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!
And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?
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 A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around 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 Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest them!
You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.
10 Thou didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy mighty arm.
You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.
12 The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.
You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.
14 Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
15 Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
16 In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!
In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!
For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted.
18 For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst, —”I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from 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 David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.
The enemy shall not exact on him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall say to me, 'Thou art 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 will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.
My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
36 His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.
But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.
You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.
You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.
You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.
You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.
The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?
How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?
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, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth?
50 Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!
With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
52 [Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]
Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.
