Psalms 89
1 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].
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.
2 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.
For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.
3 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:
I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 ‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. (Selah)
5 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].
So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh, —Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones.
6 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.
For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?
7 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!
A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.
8 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.
O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:
9 You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still:
10 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].
Thou, hast crushed—as one slain—Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them;
12 You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
The north and the south, Thou, didst create them, —Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:
13 (You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand;
14 (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].
Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, go before thy face.
15 Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along;
16 Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted.
17 You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted.
18 Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King.
19 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.
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;
20 That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;
21 I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him;
22 His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him;
23 I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite;
24 I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn;
25 I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand;
26 He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!
27 I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!
28 I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;
29 I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;
31 if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep:
32 I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:
33 But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;
34 I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter:
35 Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie;
36 [I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;
37 That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. (Selah)
38 But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!
39 [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.
Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;
40 You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;
41 All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;
42 You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;
43 You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;
44 You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne—to the ground, hast thou hurled;
45 You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
Thou hast shortened the days of his youths, —Thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
47 Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
48 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 h7585)
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!
50 Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:
51 Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One!
52 I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen!
