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 evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
‘I have made with my chosen a covenant, and 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)
to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.’ (Selah)
5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvellous faithfulness, Lord.
6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
For who in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round 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 mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, 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 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
For you are our strength and our pride. Your favour will lift us to honour.
18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.
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,
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 I have anointed him.
‘I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
‘No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
‘My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honour.
25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
I will set 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.'
‘As for him, he will call me “My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.”
27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
‘My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
‘If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
‘I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
‘I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
‘that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,
37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.’ (Selah)
38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
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 made his fenced places a ruin.
You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbours is he now.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
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 can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness 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, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
