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.

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

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto 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 will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)

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

And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation 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 heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to 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.

God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for 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:

Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? 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 rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

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

Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast 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;

Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast 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 hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

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

Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

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

Righteousness and judgment 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 that know the shout of joy: 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 are they joyful 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 art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

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

For Jehovah is our shield, and 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 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, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

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

With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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

No enemy shall exact upon 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;

But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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

And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by 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 unto me, Thou art 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!

And as to me, I 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;

My loving-kindness will I keep 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.

And I will establish his seed for 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 sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

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

If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

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

Then will I 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;

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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

My covenant will I not profane, 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;

Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

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

His seed 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)

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)

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

But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

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

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

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

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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

All that pass by the way plunder 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;

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast 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 hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

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

Thou hast 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 hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

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

Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

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 liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he 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!

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto 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 — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —

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

Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.