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.
AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
2 For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
3 ‘I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
4 to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.’ (Selah)
“Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
5 Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvellous faithfulness, Lord.
And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an assembly of holy ones.
6 For who in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
For who in the sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?
7 A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round him.
God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
O YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.
9 You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
10 It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
11 Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did found them.
The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
13 You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
14 Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth go before Your face.
15 Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
16 They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
17 For you are our strength and our pride. Your favour will lift us to honour.
For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
18 For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.
For our shield [is] of YHWH, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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 You have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
20 ‘I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
I have found My servant David, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
22 ‘No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does not afflict him.
23 but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
And I have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,
24 ‘My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honour.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 ‘As for him, he will call me “My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.”
He proclaims to Me: “You [are] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.”
27 And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
I also appoint him firstborn, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 ‘My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
29 His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 ‘If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
If his sons forsake My law, And do not walk in My judgments;
31 if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
If they defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
32 ‘I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
33 But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 ‘I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
35 Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,
36 ‘that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,
His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.’ (Selah)
It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)
38 But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
39 You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
40 You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
You have broken down all his hedges, You have made his fortifications a ruin.
41 All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbours is he now.
Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been a reproach to his neighbors,
42 You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
44 The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?
47 Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the sons of men?
48 Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your faithfulness?
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
52 Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!
