Psalmorum 89
1 Intellectus Ethan Ezrahitæ. Misericordias Domini in æternum cantabo. In generationem et generationem annunciabo veritatem tuam in ore meo.
A Psalme to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord for euer: with my mouth will I declare thy trueth from generation to generation.
2 Quoniam dixisti: In æternum misericordia ædificabitur in cælis: præparabitur veritas tua in eis.
For I said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou stablish in ye very heauens.
3 Disposui testamentum electis meis, iuravi David servo meo:
I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant,
4 usque in æternum præparabo semen tuum. Et ædificabo in generationem, et generationem sedem tuam.
Thy seede will I stablish for euer, and set vp thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
5 Confitebuntur cæli mirabilia tua Domine: etenim veritatem tuam in Ecclesia sanctorum.
O Lord, euen the heauens shall prayse thy wonderous worke: yea, thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints.
6 Quoniam quis in nubibus æquabitur Domino: similis erit Deo in filiis Dei?
For who is equall to the Lord in the heauen? and who is like the Lord among the sonnes of the gods?
7 Deus, qui glorificatur in consilio sanctorum: magnus et terribilis super omnes qui in circuitu eius sunt.
God is very terrible in the assemblie of the Saints, and to be reuerenced aboue all, that are about him.
8 Domine Deus virtutum quis similis tibi? potens es Domine, et veritas tua in circuitu tuo.
O Lord God of hostes, who is like vnto thee, which art a mightie Lord, and thy trueth is about thee?
9 Tu dominaris potestati maris: motum autem fluctuum eius tu mitigas.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Tu humiliasti sicut vulneratum, superbum: in brachio virtutis tuæ dispersisti inimicos tuos.
Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.
11 Tui sunt cæli, et tua est terra, orbem terræ et plenitudinem eius tu fundasti:
The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.
12 Aquilonem, et mare tu creasti. Thabor et Hermon in nomine tuo exultabunt:
Thou hast created the North and the South: Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name.
13 tuum brachium cum potentia. Firmetur manus tua, et exaltetur dextera tua:
Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 iustitia et iudicium præparatio sedis tuæ. Misericordia et veritas præcedent faciem tuam.
Righteousnesse and equitie are the stablishment of thy throne: mercy and trueth goe before thy face.
15 Beatus populus, qui scit iubilationem. Domine, in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt,
Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord.
16 et in nomine tuo exultabunt tota die: et in iustitia tua exaltabuntur.
They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.
17 Quoniam gloria virtutis eorum tu es: et in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum.
For thou art the glory of their strength, and by thy fauour our hornes shall be exalted.
18 Quia Domini est assumptio nostra: et sancti Israel regis nostri.
For our shield apperteineth to the Lord, and our King to the holy one of Israel.
19 Tunc locutus es in visione sanctis tuis, et dixisti: Posui adiutorium in potente: et exaltavi electum de plebe mea.
Thou spakest then in a vision vnto thine Holy one, and saydest, I haue layde helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 Inveni David servum meum: oleo sancto meo unxi eum.
I haue found Dauid my seruant: with mine holy oyle haue I anoynted him.
21 Manus enim mea auxiliabitur ei: et brachium meum confortabit eum.
Therefore mine hande shall be established with him, and mine arme shall strengthen him.
22 Nihil proficiet inimicus in eo, et filius iniquitatis non apponet nocere ei.
The enemie shall not oppresse him, neither shall the wicked hurt him.
23 Et concidam a facie ipsius inimicos eius: et odientes eum in fugam convertam.
But I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 Et veritas mea, et misericordia mea cum ipso: et in nomine meo exaltabitur cornu eius.
My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him, and in my Name shall his horne be exalted.
25 Et ponam in mari manum eius: et in fluminibus dexteram eius.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the floods.
26 Ipse invocabit me: Pater meus es tu: Deus meus, et susceptor salutis meæ:
He shall cry vnto mee, Thou art my Father, my God and the rocke of my saluation.
27 Et ego primogenitum ponam illum, excelsum præ regibus terræ.
Also I wil make him my first borne, higher then the Kings of the earth.
28 In æternum servabo illi misericordiam meam: et testamentum meum fidele ipsi.
My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.
29 Et ponam in sæculum sæculi semen eius: et thronum eius sicut dies cæli.
His seede also will I make to endure for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen.
30 Si autem dereliquerint filii eius legem meam: et in iudiciis meis non ambulaverint:
But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:
31 Si iustitias meas profanaverint: et mandata mea non custodierint:
If they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:
32 Visitabo in virga iniquitates eorum: et in verberibus peccata eorum.
Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with strokes.
33 Misericordiam autem meam non dispergam ab eo: neque nocebo in veritate mea:
Yet my louing kindnesse will I not take from him, neither will I falsifie my trueth.
34 Neque profanabo testamentum meum: et quæ procedunt de labiis meis non faciam irrita.
My couenant wil I not breake, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Semel iuravi in sancto meo, si David mentiar:
I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,
36 semen eius in æternum manebit. Et thronus eius sicut Sol in conspectu meo,
His seede shall endure for euer, and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.
37 et sicut Luna perfecta in æternum: et testis in cælo fidelis.
He shalbe established for euermore as the moone, and as a faythfull witnes in the heauen. (Selah)
38 Tu vero repulisti et despexisti: distulisti Christum tuum.
But thou hast reiected and abhorred, thou hast bene angry with thine Anoynted.
39 Evertisti testamentum servi tui: profanasti in terra Sanctuarium eius.
Thou hast broken the couenant of thy seruant, and profaned his crowne, casting it on the ground.
40 Destruxisti omnes sepes eius: posuisti firmamentum eius formidinem.
Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.
41 Diripuerunt eum omnes transeuntes viam: factus est opprobrium vicinis suis.
All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.
42 Exaltasti dexteram deprimentium eum: lætificasti omnes inimicos eius.
Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies, and made all his aduersaries to reioyce.
43 Avertisti adiutorium gladii eius: et non es auxiliatus ei in bello.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sworde, and hast not made him to stand in the battell.
44 Destruxisti eum ab emundatione: et sedem eius in terram collisisti.
Thou hast caused his dignitie to decay, and cast his throne to the ground.
45 Minorasti dies temporis eius: perfudisti eum confusione.
The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. (Selah)
46 Usquequo Domine avertis in finem: exardescet sicut ignis ira tua?
Lord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?
47 Memorare quæ mea substantia: numquid enim vane constituisti omnes filios hominum?
Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Ubi sunt misericordiæ tuæ antiquæ Domine, sicut iurasti David in veritate tua?
Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?
50 Memor esto Domine opprobrii servorum tuorum (quod continui in sinu meo) multarum gentium.
Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people.
51 Quod exprobraverunt inimici tui Domine, quod exprobraverunt commutationem Christi tui.
For thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lord, because they haue reproched the footesteps of thine Anointed.
52 Benedictus Dominus in æternum: fiat, fiat.
Praised be the Lord for euermore. So be it, euen so be it.
