Psalms 89

1 A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” (Selah)

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

5 The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who amongst the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

8 LORD, God of Hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.

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

9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

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

13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

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

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favour, our horn will be exalted.

For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.

27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his children forsake my Torah, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

31 if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

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

33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

36 His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

His seed 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 as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)

38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.

40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

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

41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbours.

All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

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

43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 You have ended his splendour, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)

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

46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples,

51 With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.