תְהִלִּים 89

1 מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ חַֽסְדֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֹולָ֣ם אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֓ר ׀ אֹודִ֖יעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בְּפִֽי׃

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 כִּֽי־אָמַ֗רְתִּי עֹ֭ולָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ תָּכִ֖ן אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בָהֶֽם׃

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

3 כָּרַ֣תִּֽי בְ֭רִית לִבְחִירִ֑י נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי לְדָוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃

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

4 עַד־עֹ֭ולָם אָכִ֣ין זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וּבָנִ֨יתִי לְדֹר־וָדֹ֖ור כִּסְאֲךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃

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

5 וְיֹ֘וד֤וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם פִּלְאֲךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה אַף־אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בִּקְהַ֥ל קְדֹשִֽׁים׃

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 כִּ֤י מִ֣י בַ֭שַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ לַיהוָ֑ה יִדְמֶ֥ה לַ֝יהוָ֗ה בִּבְנֵ֥י אֵלִים׃

For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

7 אֵ֣ל נַ֭עֲרָץ בְּסֹוד־קְדֹשִׁ֣ים רַבָּ֑ה וְ֝נֹורָ֗א עַל־כָּל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all [them that are] about him.

8 יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צְבָאֹ֗ות מִֽי־כָֽמֹ֖וךָ חֲסִ֥ין ׀ יָ֑הּ וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ סְבִיבֹותֶֽיךָ׃

O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?

9 אַתָּ֣ה מֹ֭ושֵׁל בְּגֵא֣וּת הַיָּ֑ם בְּשֹׂ֥וא גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃

Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

10 אַתָּ֤ה דִכִּ֣אתָ כֶחָלָ֣ל רָ֑הַב בִּזְרֹ֥ועַ עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ פִּזַּ֥רְתָּ אֹויְבֶֽיךָ׃

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.

11 לְךָ֣ שָׁ֭מַיִם אַף־לְךָ֥ אָ֑רֶץ תֵּבֵ֥ל וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּ אַתָּ֥ה יְסַדְתָּֽם׃

The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.

12 צָפֹ֣ון וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּבֹ֥ור וְ֝חֶרְמֹ֗ון בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

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

13 לְךָ֣ זְ֭רֹועַ עִם־גְּבוּרָ֑ה תָּעֹ֥ז יָ֝דְךָ֗ תָּר֥וּם יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.

14 צֶ֣דֶק וּ֭מִשְׁפָּט מְכֹ֣ון כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת יְֽקַדְּמ֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃

Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

15 אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם יֹודְעֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה בְּֽאֹור־פָּנֶ֥יךָ יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃

Blessed [are] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

16 בְּ֭שִׁמְךָ יְגִיל֣וּן כָּל־הַיֹּ֑ום וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ יָרֽוּמוּ׃

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

17 כִּֽי־תִפְאֶ֣רֶת עֻזָּ֣מֹו אָ֑תָּה וּ֝בִרְצֹנְךָ֗ תָּרִים (תָּר֥וּם) קַרְנֵֽנוּ׃

For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 כִּ֣י לַֽ֭יהוָה מָֽגִנֵּ֑נוּ וְלִקְדֹ֖ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְכֵּֽנוּ׃

For the LORD [is] our defense; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.

19 אָ֤ז דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־בְחָ֡זֹון לַֽחֲסִידֶ֗יךָ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁוִּ֣יתִי עֵ֭זֶר עַל־גִּבֹּ֑ור הֲרִימֹ֖ותִי בָח֣וּר מֵעָֽם׃

Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.

20 מָ֭צָאתִי דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֑י בְּשֶׁ֖מֶן קָדְשִׁ֣י מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃

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

21 אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָ֭דִי תִּכֹּ֣ון עִמֹּ֑ו אַף־זְרֹועִ֥י תְאַמְּצֶֽנּוּ׃

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

22 לֹֽא־יַשִּׁ֣א אֹויֵ֣ב בֹּ֑ו וּבֶן־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽנּוּ׃

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 וְכַתֹּותִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגֹּֽוף׃

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.

24 וֶֽאֶֽמוּנָתִ֣י וְחַסְדִּ֣י עִמֹּ֑ו וּ֝בִשְׁמִ֗י תָּר֥וּם קַרְנֹֽו׃

But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י בַיָּ֣ם יָדֹ֑ו וּֽבַנְּהָרֹ֥ות יְמִינֹֽו׃

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

26 ה֣וּא יִ֭קְרָאֵנִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אֵ֝לִ֗י וְצ֣וּר יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

He shall cry to me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

27 אַף־אָ֭נִי בְּכֹ֣ור אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְיֹ֗ון לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Also I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

28 לְ֭עֹולָ֗ם אֶשְׁמֹור־ (אֶשְׁמָר)־לֹ֣ו חַסְדִּ֑י וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת לֹֽו׃

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י לָעַ֣ד זַרְעֹ֑ו וְ֝כִסְאֹ֗ו כִּימֵ֥י שָׁמָֽיִם׃

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

30 אִם־יַֽעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו תֹּורָתִ֑י וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י לֹ֣א יֵלֵכֽוּן׃

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

31 אִם־חֻקֹּתַ֥י יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

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

32 וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י בְשֵׁ֣בֶט פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּבִנְגָעִ֥ים עֲוֹנָֽם׃

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

33 וְ֭חַסְדִּי לֹֽא־אָפִ֣יר מֵֽעִמֹּ֑ו וְלֹֽא־אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗ר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִֽי׃

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 לֹא־אֲחַלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתִ֑י וּמֹוצָ֥א שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י לֹ֣א אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃

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

35 אַ֭חַת נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁ֑י אִֽם־לְדָוִ֥ד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃

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

36 זַ֭רְעֹו לְעֹולָ֣ם יִהְיֶ֑ה וְכִסְאֹ֖ו כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽי׃

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

37 כְּ֭יָרֵחַ יִכֹּ֣ון עֹולָ֑ם וְעֵ֥ד בַּ֝שַּׁ֗חַק נֶאֱמָ֥ן סֶֽלָה׃

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)

38 וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.

39 נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֹֽו׃

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

40 פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּה׃

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

41 שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנֽ͏ָיו׃

All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

42 הֲ֭רִימֹותָ יְמִ֣ין צָרָ֑יו הִ֝שְׂמַ֗חְתָּ כָּל־אֹויְבָֽיו׃

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 אַף־תָּ֭שִׁיב צ֣וּר חַרְבֹּ֑ו וְלֹ֥א הֲ֝קֵימֹתֹ֗ו בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ מִטְּהָרֹ֑ו וְ֝כִסְאֹ֗ו לָאָ֥רֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה׃

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45 הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

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

46 עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֖ר כְּמֹו־אֵ֣שׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃

How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 זְכָר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

48 מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשֹׁ֖ו מִיַּד־שְׁאֹ֣ול סֶֽלָה׃ (Sheol h7585)

What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

49 אַיֵּ֤ה ׀ חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לְ֝דָוִ֗ד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

LORD, where [are] thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

50 זְכֹ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי חֶרְפַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ שְׂאֵתִ֥י בְ֝חֵיקִ֗י כָּל־רַבִּ֥ים עַמִּֽים׃

Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

51 אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵרְפ֖וּ אֹויְבֶ֥יךָ ׀ יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חֵ֝רְפ֗וּ עִקְּבֹ֥ות מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed

52 בָּר֖וּךְ יְהוָ֥ה לְ֝עֹולָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן ׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃

Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.