Psalms 89
1 Maschil 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.
Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all [them that are] about him.
God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?
O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
11 The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
15 Blessed [are] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
18 For the LORD [is] our defense; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
19 Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.
But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
41 All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
48 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)
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 LORD, where [are] thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
50 Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed
The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
52 Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.
Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
