Psalms 89

1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

4 'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. (Selah)

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”

5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.

The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.

O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.

North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.

My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

26 He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.

I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,

his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”

38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.

46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)

49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!

Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.