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.
[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 I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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 chosen, 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 establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause)
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation 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 heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
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 is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by 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 a strong LORD like thee? or to thy faithfulness around 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 raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and all it containeth, thou hast founded them.
The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
14 Righteousness and justice are the habitation 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 are the people that know the joyful sound: 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 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they 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 favour our horn shall be exalted.
For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
19 Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the 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 have I anointed him:
I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness 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 I will set his hand also 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 to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than 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, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, 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 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 break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
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 that I will not lie to David.
Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause)
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been full of wrath with thy anointed.
But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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 brought his strong holds to ruin.
You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is 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 his adversaries; 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 also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause)
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (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 former lovingkindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps 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. Amen, and Amen.
Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
