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,
Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
I have made 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)
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy 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 in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about 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 to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand 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 thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy 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 knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
For our protection is of the Lord, and 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 thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.
20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt 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 them that hate him I will put 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 shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
He shall cry out to me: Thou art 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 my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
If they profane my justices: and keep not 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 stripes.
33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
His seed shall endure for ever.
37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like 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 hast thou made all the children 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 shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy 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 reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
