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.

[A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth 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 you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.

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

I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware 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)

I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)

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

The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.

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 heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God?

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

God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.

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

O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.

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

You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.

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

You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.

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

The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.

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

You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.

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

Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.

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

Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your 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 that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.

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

And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.

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

For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,

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

for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

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 you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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

I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.

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

For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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

The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

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

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

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

But my truth and my mercy 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;

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

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

He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.

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

And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than 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 mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.

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

And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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

If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;

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

if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;

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

I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.

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

But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.

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

Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.

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

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

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

His see shall endure for ever, 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)

and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)

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

But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.

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

You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.

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

You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.

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

All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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

You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you 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;

You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.

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

You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.

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

You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)

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

How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?

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

Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?

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 there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? (Pause) (Sheol h7585)

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

Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?

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

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;

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

wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.

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

Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.