< 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.
An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
2 For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever; your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”
For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have made an oath to David my servant.
I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” (Selah)
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
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 heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones and is awesome among all who surround him.
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.
In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.
For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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.
Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have chosen David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.
But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.
And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;
27 I also will place him as my firstborn son, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
And as to me, I will make him 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.
My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my regulations,
If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.
Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:
Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
36 his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. (Selah)
38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.
But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have desecrated his crown on the ground.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
40 You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.
Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 Oh, think about how short my time is, and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
48 Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol )
What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol )
49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.