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.
AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, From generation to generation I make known Your 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 said, “Kindness is built for all time, The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
3 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
4 Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
“Even for all time I establish your seed, And have built your throne to generation and generation.” (Selah)
5 The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
And the heavens confess Your wonders, O YHWH, Your faithfulness [is] also in an 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, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among 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 very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding 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 YHWH, God of Hosts, Who [is] like You—a strong YAH? And Your faithfulness [is] around You.
9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
You [are] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows You restrain them.
10 Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
You have bruised Rahab, as one wounded. You have scattered Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
11 Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
The heavens [are] Yours, The earth [is] also Yours, The habitable world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
North and south You have appointed them, Tabor and Hermon sing in Your Name.
13 Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
You have an arm with might, Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Your throne, Kindness and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
O the blessedness of the people knowing the shout, O YHWH, they habitually walk in the light of Your face.
16 And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
They rejoice in Your Name all the day, And they are exalted in Your righteousness,
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
For You [are] the beauty of their strength, And in Your good will is our horn exalted,
18 For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
For our shield [is] of YHWH, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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 have spoken in vision, To Your saint, indeed, You say, I have placed help on a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
I have found My servant David, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also strengthens him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
An enemy does not exact on him, And a son of perverseness does 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 have beaten down his adversaries before him, And I plague those hating him,
24 And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My Name is his horn exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
And I have set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
He proclaims to Me: “You [are] 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.
I also appoint him firstborn, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
For all time I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
29 And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I have set his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
If his sons forsake My law, And do not walk in My judgments;
31 If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
If they defile My statutes, And do not keep My commands,
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
I have looked after their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with strokes,
33 But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
And I do not break My kindness from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
I do not profane My covenant, And I do not change that which is going forth from My lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I do not lie to David,
36 His seed shall endure for ever.
His seed is for all time, And his throne [is] 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.
It is established as the moon for all time, And the witness in the sky is steadfast. (Selah)
38 But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
And You, You have cast off, and reject, You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed,
39 Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his crown to the earth,
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 fortifications a ruin.
41 All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, He has been 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.
You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, You have caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, And have not established him in battle,
44 Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And have cast down his throne to the earth.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
You have shortened the days of his youth, Have covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever?
47 Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain All the 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)
Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Where [are] Your former kindnesses, O Lord, [Which] You have sworn to David in Your faithfulness?
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, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
With which Your enemies reproached, O YHWH, With which they have reproached The steps of Your anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
Blessed [is] YHWH for all time. Amen and amen!
