< Psalms 89 >
1 Maskil to/for Ethan [the] Ezrahite kindness LORD forever: enduring to sing to/for generation and generation to know faithfulness your in/on/with lip my
Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
2 for to say forever: enduring kindness to build heaven to establish: establish faithfulness your in/on/with them
I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
3 to cut: make(covenant) covenant to/for chosen my to swear to/for David servant/slave my
Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
4 till forever: enduring to establish: establish seed: children your and to build to/for generation and generation throne your (Selah)
‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
5 and to give thanks heaven wonder your LORD also faithfulness your in/on/with assembly holy
Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
6 for who? in/on/with cloud to arrange to/for LORD to resemble to/for LORD in/on/with son: child god
There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
7 God to tremble in/on/with counsel holy many and to fear: revere upon all around him
When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
8 LORD God Hosts who? like you mighty LORD and faithfulness your around you
O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
9 you(m. s.) to rule in/on/with majesty [the] sea in/on/with to lift: raise heap: wave his you(m. s.) to soothe them
You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
10 you(m. s.) to crush like/as slain: killed Rahab monster in/on/with arm strength your to scatter enemy your
You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
11 to/for you heaven also to/for you land: country/planet world and fullness her you(m. s.) to found them
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
12 north and right: south you(m. s.) to create them (Mount) Tabor and (Mount) Hermon in/on/with name your to sing
You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
13 to/for you arm with might be strong hand: power your to exalt right your
(You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
14 righteousness and justice foundation throne your kindness and truth: faithful to meet face: before your
(Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
15 blessed [the] people to know shout LORD in/on/with light face your to go: walk [emph?]
Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
16 in/on/with name your to rejoice [emph?] all [the] day and in/on/with righteousness your to exalt
Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
17 for beauty strength their you(m. s.) and in/on/with acceptance your (to exalt *Q(K)*) horn our
You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
18 for to/for LORD shield our and to/for holy Israel king our
Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
19 then to speak: speak in/on/with vision to/for pious your and to say to set helper upon mighty man to exalt to choose from people
Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
20 to find David servant/slave my in/on/with oil holiness my to anoint him
That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
21 which hand my to establish: establish with him also arm my to strengthen him
I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
22 not to deceive enemy in/on/with him and son: type of injustice not to afflict him
His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
23 and to crush from face: before his enemy his and to hate him to strike
I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
24 and faithfulness my and kindness my with him and in/on/with name my to exalt horn his
I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
25 and to set: make in/on/with sea hand his and in/on/with river right his
I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
26 he/she/it to call: call to me father my you(m. s.) God my and rock salvation my
He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
27 also I firstborn to give: make him high to/for king land: country/planet
I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
28 to/for forever: enduring (to keep: guard *Q(k)*) to/for to keep: guard kindness my and covenant my be faithful to/for him
I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
29 and to set: make to/for perpetuity seed: children his and throne his like/as day heaven
I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
30 if to leave: forsake son: child his instruction my and in/on/with justice: judgement my not to go: walk [emph?]
But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
31 if statute my to profane/begin: profane and commandment my not to keep: obey
if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
32 and to reckon: punish in/on/with tribe: staff transgression their and in/on/with plague iniquity: crime their
I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
33 and kindness my not to break from from with him and not to deal in/on/with faithfulness my
But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
34 not to profane/begin: profane covenant my and exit lips my not to change
I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
35 one to swear in/on/with holiness my if: surely no to/for David to lie
Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
36 seed: children his to/for forever: enduring to be and throne his like/as sun before me
[I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
37 like/as moon to establish: establish forever: enduring and witness in/on/with cloud be faithful (Selah)
That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
38 and you(m. s.) to reject and to reject be angry with anointed your
But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
39 to disown covenant servant/slave your to profane/begin: profane to/for land: soil consecration: crown his
[It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
40 to break through all wall his to set: put fortification his terror
You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
41 to plunder him all to pass way: journey to be reproach to/for neighboring his
All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
42 to exalt right enemy his to rejoice all enemy his
You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
43 also to return: return rock sword his and not to arise: establish him in/on/with battle
You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
44 to cease from clearness his and throne his to/for land: soil to cast
You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
45 be short day youth his to enwrap upon him shame (Selah)
You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
46 till what? LORD to hide to/for perpetuity to burn: burn like fire rage your
O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
47 to remember I what? lifetime/world upon what? vanity: vain to create all son: child man
Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
48 who? great man to live and not to see: see death to escape soul his from hand: power hell: Sheol (Selah) (Sheol )
No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol )
49 where? kindness your [the] first: previous Lord to swear to/for David in/on/with faithfulness your
Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
50 to remember Lord reproach servant/slave your to lift: bear I in/on/with bosom: embrace my all many people
Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
51 which to taunt enemy your LORD which to taunt heel anointed your
Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
52 to bless LORD to/for forever: enduring amen and amen
I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!