Psalms 89

¹I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah

⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

⁷A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

⁸O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

⁹Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

¹²The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

²¹With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

³¹If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

³³But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, Andasthe faithful witness in the sky. [Selah

³⁸But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

³⁹Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah

⁴⁶How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

⁴⁸What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵²Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Psalms 89

¹An 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,

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

³I have made a covenant for 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹Thine are the heavensthe earth also is Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹Then 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁷As the moon it is establishedto the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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