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.

“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, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very 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, I have sworn to David my servant,

“I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn to David, my servant:

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)

Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” (Pause)

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!

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?

Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?

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.

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 O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?

O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

Thou rulest the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest them!

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy 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 [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.

The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.

12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.

Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.

14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed [are] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!

17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!

18 For the LORD [is] our defense; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.

For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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.

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 found 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 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.

With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.

For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

26 He shall cry to me, Thou [art] 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 Also I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

I will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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 walk not in my judgments;

Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.

I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)

It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.

But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.

Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)

Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.

46 How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

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 liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld? (Sheol h7585)

49 LORD, where [are] thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

50 Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed

With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!

52 Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.

[Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!]