Psalms 89
1 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.
[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.
2 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.
4 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
5 The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
6 For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God?
7 God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible towards all that are round about him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
10 Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
11 Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
12 The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
Justice and judgement are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
15 Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
16 And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
18 For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
19 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.
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.
20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
21 For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
23 And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
24 And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 And I will set 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 shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
27 And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
29 And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements;
31 If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
33 But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
34 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever.
His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
38 But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
39 Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
41 All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
47 Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
48 Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (Sheol h7585)
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)
49 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
50 Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
51 Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
