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 Maskil of Ethan the Ezrachite.” The kindnesses of the Lord will I for ever sing: from generation to generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
3 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
“I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” (Selah)
5 The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones.
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 sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty?
7 God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are 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 powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them.
10 Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies.
11 Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.
15 Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
Happy is the people that know the cornet's sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.
16 And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted.
18 For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is 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 spokest thou in a vision to thy pious [servant], and saidst, “I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth out of the people;
20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;
21 For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my 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 not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:
23 And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.
24 And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through 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 place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.
26 He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.
29 And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I appoint for ever his seed, 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 forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;
31 If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.
33 But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.
34 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like 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.
Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
38 But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.
39 Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror.
41 All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!
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 that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?
50 Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the [burden] of all the many nations;
51 Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
