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 Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
‘I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.’ (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvellous faithfulness, Lord.
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 in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among 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.
A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round 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 hosts, who is mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your 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.
Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did 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, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
15 Blessed [are] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
For you are our strength and our pride. Your favour will lift us to honour.
18 For the LORD [is] our defense; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and 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.
In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: ‘A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
‘I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
‘No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
‘My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honour.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
‘As for him, he will call me “My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.”
27 Also I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
‘My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
‘If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
‘I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
‘I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
‘that his line should endure forever, 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)
firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.’ (Selah)
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.
But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
41 All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbours is he now.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
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)
Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 LORD, where [are] thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
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, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed
The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.
Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
