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 psalm of Ethan, the Ezrahite.” 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 know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the 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 to David, my servant:
4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” (Selah)
Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” (Pause)
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?
Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?
7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones and is awesome among all who surround him.
A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around him?
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is 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 rise, thou stillest them!
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
Thou didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy mighty arm.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.
12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.
15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They 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 they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!
17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.
For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
For from Jehovah is our shield, And from 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.
Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst, —”I have laid help on one that is mighty; 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 David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.
21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.
With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.
23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.
For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through 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 extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He shall say to 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.
I will also make him my first-born, 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 mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.
29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my regulations,
Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,
31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,
Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,
32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.
I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.
But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.
I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:
Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.
36 his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.
His family 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 like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.
But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry 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 with thy servant; Thou hast cast 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 who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.
43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.
Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.
44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.
Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast 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! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger 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 is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to 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, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]
