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,
The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.
2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
I have set up a covenant with my elect. 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 prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?
7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around 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? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.
12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.
14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
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 virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, 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,
Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.
28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace 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 those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?
48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.
