కీర్తనల~ గ్రంథము 89
1 ౧ ఎజ్రా వంశం వాడైన ఏతాను దైవ ధ్యానం. యెహోవా కృపాకార్యాలను నేను కలకాలం గానం చేస్తాను. రాబోయే తరాలకు నీ నమ్మకత్వాన్ని ప్రకటిస్తాను.
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 ౨ నేను అంటున్నాను, నిబంధన విశ్వసనీయత శాశ్వతంగా స్థాపించావు. నీ సత్యం పరలోకంలో శాశ్వతంగా స్థిరపరచావు.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 ౫ యెహోవా, ఆకాశాలు నీ అద్భుతాలను ప్రస్తుతిస్తాయి, పవిత్రుల సమావేశంలో నీ విశ్వసనీయతకు స్తుతులు కలుగుతున్నాయి.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 ౯ ఉప్పొంగే సముద్రాన్ని నువ్వు అదుపులో ఉంచుతావు, అలలు ఉవ్వెత్తుగా లేస్తే నువ్వు వాటిని అణచివేస్తావు.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 ౧౦ చచ్చిన దానితో సమానంగా నువ్వు రాహాబును నలిపేశావు. నీ బాహుబలంతో నీ శత్రువులను చెదరగొట్టి వేశావు.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 ౧౨ ఉత్తర దక్షిణ దిక్కులను నువ్వే సృష్టించావు. తాబోరు హెర్మోనులు నీ నామాన్నిబట్టి ఆనందిస్తున్నాయి.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 ౧౯ ఒకప్పుడు నువ్వు దర్శనంలో నీ భక్తులతో మాట్లాడావు. నువ్విలా అన్నావు, నేను ఒక శూరుడికి కిరీటం పెట్టాను. ప్రజల్లోనుంచి ఎన్నుకుని అతణ్ణి హెచ్చించాను.
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.
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 ౪౮ చావకుండా బతికేవాడెవడు? లేక మృత్యులోకంనుంచి తన జీవాన్ని తప్పించుకోగల వాడెవడు? (సెలా) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 ౫౦ ప్రభూ, నీ సేవకులకు వచ్చిన నిందను బలమైన రాజ్యాలన్నిటి నుంచి వచ్చిన అవమానాన్ని నా గుండెలో నేనెలా భరిస్తున్నానో తలచుకో.
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
