< 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].
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
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 to say forever: enduring kindness to build heaven to establish: establish faithfulness your in/on/with them
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:
to cut: make(covenant) covenant to/for chosen my to swear to/for David servant/slave my
4 ‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
till forever: enduring to establish: establish seed: children your and to build to/for generation and generation throne your (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].
and to give thanks heaven wonder your LORD also faithfulness your in/on/with assembly holy
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 who? in/on/with cloud to arrange to/for LORD to resemble to/for LORD in/on/with son: child god
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!
God to tremble in/on/with counsel holy many and to fear: revere upon all around 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.
LORD God Hosts who? like you mighty LORD and faithfulness your around you
9 You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
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
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].
you(m. s.) to crush like/as slain: killed Rahab monster in/on/with arm strength your to scatter enemy your
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
to/for you heaven also to/for you land: country/planet world and fullness her you(m. s.) to found them
12 You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
north and right: south you(m. s.) to create them (Mount) Tabor and (Mount) Hermon in/on/with name your to sing
13 (You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
to/for you arm with might be strong hand: power your to exalt right your
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 foundation throne your kindness and truth: faithful to meet face: before your
15 Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
blessed [the] people to know shout LORD in/on/with light face your to go: walk [emph?]
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/on/with name your to rejoice [emph?] all [the] day and in/on/with righteousness your to exalt
17 You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
for beauty strength their you(m. s.) and in/on/with acceptance your (to exalt *Q(K)*) horn our
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/for LORD shield our and to/for holy Israel king our
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 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
20 That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
to find David servant/slave my in/on/with oil holiness my to anoint him
21 I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
which hand my to establish: establish with him also arm my to strengthen him
22 His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
not to deceive enemy in/on/with him and son: type of injustice not to afflict him
23 I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
and to crush from face: before his enemy his and to hate him to strike
24 I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
and faithfulness my and kindness my with him and in/on/with name my to exalt horn his
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 to set: make in/on/with sea hand his and in/on/with river right his
26 He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
he/she/it to call: call to me father my you(m. s.) God my and rock salvation my
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.
also I firstborn to give: make him high to/for king land: country/planet
28 I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
to/for forever: enduring (to keep: guard *Q(k)*) to/for to keep: guard kindness my and covenant my be faithful to/for him
29 I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
and to set: make to/for perpetuity seed: children his and throne his like/as day heaven
30 But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
if to leave: forsake son: child his instruction my and in/on/with justice: judgement my not to go: walk [emph?]
31 if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
if statute my to profane/begin: profane and commandment my not to keep: obey
32 I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
and to reckon: punish in/on/with tribe: staff transgression their and in/on/with plague iniquity: crime their
33 But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
and kindness my not to break from from with him and not to deal in/on/with faithfulness my
34 I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
not to profane/begin: profane covenant my and exit lips my not to change
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 to swear in/on/with holiness my if: surely no to/for David to 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].
seed: children his to/for forever: enduring to be and throne his like/as 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/as moon to establish: establish forever: enduring and witness in/on/with cloud be faithful (Selah)
38 But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
and you(m. s.) to reject and to reject be angry with anointed your
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.
to disown covenant servant/slave your to profane/begin: profane to/for land: soil consecration: crown his
40 You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
to break through all wall his to set: put fortification his terror
41 All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
to plunder him all to pass way: journey to be reproach to/for neighboring his
42 You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
to exalt right enemy his to rejoice all enemy his
43 You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
also to return: return rock sword his and not to arise: establish him in/on/with battle
44 You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
to cease from clearness his and throne his to/for land: soil to cast
45 You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
be short day youth his to enwrap upon him shame (Selah)
46 O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
till what? LORD to hide to/for perpetuity to burn: burn like fire rage your
47 Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
to remember I what? lifetime/world upon what? vanity: vain to create all son: child man
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 )
who? great man to live and not to see: see death to escape soul his from hand: power hell: Sheol (Selah) (Sheol )
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? kindness your [the] first: previous Lord to swear to/for David in/on/with faithfulness your
50 Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
to remember Lord reproach servant/slave your to lift: bear I in/on/with bosom: embrace my all many people
51 Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
which to taunt enemy your LORD which to taunt heel anointed your
52 I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
to bless LORD to/for forever: enduring amen and amen