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.
I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy 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, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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 my chosen, 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 to all generations. (Selah)
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also 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 unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto 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.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, 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 shall rejoice in thy name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall 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 joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, 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 shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be 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 the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is 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 to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; 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: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
The enemy shall not 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.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.
I will set his hand also 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 cry 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.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever; and my covenant with him will be secure.
My mercy 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.
His seed also will I make to endure 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 children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,
If they break 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 lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.
My covenant will I not break, 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 that 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 as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been 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 by casting it 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 strong holds 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 spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; 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.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to 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 glory 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, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath 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 how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
