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.
The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.
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 built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church 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 among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like 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 by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around 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 you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement 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 have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and all it containeth, thou hast founded them.
Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and 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 judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede 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 jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
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 virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.
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 a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before 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 preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been full of wrath with thy anointed.
Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
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 have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
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 those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed 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)
Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore 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;
Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed.
With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.
