Psalms 89
1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.
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 For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God?
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
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.
20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
