Psalms 89
1 A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
2 I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” (Selah)
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
5 The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
8 LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
19 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.
20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
29 I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and do not walk in my ordinances;
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
31 if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
33 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
35 Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36 His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever.
37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and have not supported him in battle.
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
44 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol (Sheol h7585)? (Selah)
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
51 With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
