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 mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your 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 for ever: your faithfulness shall you 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)

Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your 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 your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also 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 the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

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 assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 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 a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness 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 raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.

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

You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

11 Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, 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, Thou, didst create them, —Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

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

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

You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.

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

Justice and judgment are the habitation 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 know 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.

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 glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted.

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

For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is 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 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 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: 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 on 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 foes before his face, and plague them 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 faithfulness 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;

I will set his hand also 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 cry to me, You 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!

Also 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;

My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, 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.

His seed also will I make to endure 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 children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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 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 suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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 break, 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 that 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 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 as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)

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

But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed.

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

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 defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;

You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds 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 spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

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

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, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;

You have also turned 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;

You have made his glory 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 have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?

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

Remember how short my time is: why have you made all 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 he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

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

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore 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, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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

With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

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

Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.