Psalms 89
1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
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 For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 ‘I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.’ (Selah)
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
5 Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvellous faithfulness, Lord.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round him.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did found them.
The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For you are our strength and our pride. Your favour will lift us to honour.
For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.
For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
19 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
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
20 ‘I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 ‘No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 ‘My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honour.
But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 ‘As for him, he will call me “My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.”
He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 ‘My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 ‘If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 ‘I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 ‘I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 ‘that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.’ (Selah)
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbours is he now.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (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 Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
51 The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
