Psalms 89
1 A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever. I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations.
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever; your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have made an oath to David my servant.
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” (Selah)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones and is awesome among all who surround him.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones; you said, “I have set a crown on a mighty one.” I have raised up one chosen from among the people.
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have chosen David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 I also will place him as my firstborn son, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever; and my covenant with him will be secure.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my regulations,
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have desecrated his crown on the ground.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 Oh, think about how short my time is, and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
