Psalms 89
1 Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear 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 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
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 an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
6 For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about 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 have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
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 pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
19 Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among 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 made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
22 The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
24 But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will say 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 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
His seed shall endure for ever.
37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (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 put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
39 You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
46 How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
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 earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
50 Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
