Psalms 89

1 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.

I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

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

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.

3 I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant:

I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:

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

Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)

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

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.

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

For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,

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

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

8 O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:

O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still:

Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.

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

Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.

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

The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand;

Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, go before thy face.

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

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

Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

16 In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted.

In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted.

For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King.

For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 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;

Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty man. I have exalted a chosen man out of the people.

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

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

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

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

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

The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,

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

but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

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

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

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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

I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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

I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;

If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,

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

if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,

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

then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,

33 But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;

but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

34 I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter:

I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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

I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

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

His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

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

It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)

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

But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.

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

Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.

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

Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;

Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.

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

Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

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

Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

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

The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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

O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!

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

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

49 Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!

Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,

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

with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.