Psalms 89
1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
6 For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the LORD,
For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round about him?
God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.
The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
18 For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
21 With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.
My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
27 I also will make him [my] firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
33 But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David;
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah)
38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [even] to the ground.
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.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.
All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
43 Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? [how long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
47 O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples:
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
