< 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. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
2 For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever; your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”
For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have made an oath to David my servant.
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” (Selah)
“Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of 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 sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?
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 very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
O YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.
9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.
They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.
For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
For our shield [is] of YHWH, 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.
Then You have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of 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 holy oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.
23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.
And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He proclaims to Me: “You [are] 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.
I also appoint him firstborn, 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.
For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
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 defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.
I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.
And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.
I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,
36 his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.
His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)
38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.
And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have desecrated his crown on the ground.
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
40 You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.
You have broken down all his hedges, You have made his fortifications a ruin.
41 All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been 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 adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.
Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?
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 lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of men?
48 Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol )
Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol )
49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your 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, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!