Psalms 89
1 Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
“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 I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
3 Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
“I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 ‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” (Selah)
5 Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones.
6 There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
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 When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him.
8 O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
O Lord God of hosts, who is powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
9 You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them.
10 You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them.
12 You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 (You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.
14 (Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.
15 Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
Happy is the people that know the cornet's sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.
16 Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted.
17 You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted.
18 Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
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 That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;
21 I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;
22 His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:
23 I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.
24 I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.
26 He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth.
28 I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.
29 I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;
31 if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
32 I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.
33 But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.
34 I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.
35 Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David.
36 [I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.
37 That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
38 But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.
39 [It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.
40 You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror.
41 All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.
44 You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.
45 You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. (Selah)
46 O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
47 Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
Remember [what] I am, what my duration is [here], for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!
48 No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (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 Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?
50 Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the [burden] of all the many nations;
51 Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.
52 I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
