Psalms 89

1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.

3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:

4 'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. (Selah)

Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)

5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the sanctified.

6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,

7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.

O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.

10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.

Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.

12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.

The north and the south, thou have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.

Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne. Loving kindness and truth go before thy face.

15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty man. I have exalted a chosen man out of the people.

20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,

21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.

with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him.

22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,

24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

26 He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.

I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,

31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,

32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,

33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,

His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)

It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. (Selah)

38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.

39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)

The days of his youth thou have shortened. Thou have covered him with shame. (Selah)

46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

How long, O Jehovah? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!

48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)

49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples,

51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

with which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Truly, and Truly.