Psalms 89
89
PSALM 89
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1God's mercies I will ever sing;
and with my mouth I shall
Thy faithfulness make to be known
to generations all.
2For mercy shall be built, said I,
for ever to endure;
Thy faithfulness, ev'n in the heav'ns,
thou wilt establish sure.
3I with my chosen One have made
a cov'nant graciously;
And to my servant, whom I lov'd,
to David sworn have I;
4That I thy seed establish shall
for ever to remain,
And will to generations all
thy throne build and maintain.
5The praises of thy wonders, Lord,
the heavens shall express;
And in the congregation
of saints thy faithfulness.
6For who in heaven with the Lord
may once himself compare?
Who is like God among the sons
of those that mighty are?
7Great fear in meeting of the saints
is due unto the Lord;
And he of all about him should
with rev'rence be ador'd.
8O thou that art the Lord of hosts,
what Lord in mightiness
Is like to thee? who compass'd round
art with thy faithfulness.
9Ev'n in the raging of the sea
thou over it dost reign;
And when the waves thereof do swell,
thou stillest them again.
10Rahab in pieces thou didst break,
like one that slaughter'd is;
And with thy mighty arm thou hast
dispers'd thine enemies.
11The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine own
the earth dost also take;
The world, and fulness of the same,
thy pow'r did found and make.
12The north and south from thee alone
their first beginning had;
Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill
shall in thy name be glad.
13Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r,
thy hand is great in might;
And thy right hand exceedingly
exalted is in height.
14Justice and judgment of thy throne
are made the dwelling-place;
Mercy, accompany'd with truth,
shall go before thy face.
15O greatly bless'd the people are
the joyful sound that know;
In brightness of thy face, O Lord,
they ever on shall go.
16They in thy name shall all the day
rejoice exceedingly;
And in thy righteousness shall they
exalted be on high.
17Because the glory of their strength
doth only stand in thee;
And in thy favour shall our horn
and pow'r exalted be.
18For God is our defence; and he
to us doth safety bring:
The Holy One of Israel
is our almighty King.
19In vision to thy Holy One
thou saidst, I help upon
A strong one laid; out of the folk
I rais'd a chosen one;
20Ev'n David, I have found him out
a servant unto me;
And with my holy oil my King
anointed him to be.
21With whom my hand shall stablish'd be;
mine arm shall make him strong.
22On him the foe shall not exact,
nor son of mischief wrong.
23I will beat down before his face
all his malicious foes;
I will them greatly plague who do
with hatred him oppose.
24My mercy and my faithfulness
with him yet still shall be;
And in my name his horn and pow'r
men shall exalted see.
25His hand and pow'r shall reach afar;
I'll set it in the sea;
And his right hand established
shall in the rivers be.
26Thou art my Father, he shall cry,
thou art my God alone;
And he shall say, Thou art the Rock
of my salvation.
27I'll make him my first-born, more high
than kings of any land.
28My love I'll ever keep for him,
my cov'nant fast shall stand.
29His seed I by my pow'r will make
for ever to endure;
And, as the days of heav'n, his throne
shall stable be, and sure.
30But if his children shall forsake
my laws, and go astray,
And in my judgments shall not walk,
but wander from my way:
31If they my laws break,
and do not keep my commandements;
32I'll visit then their faults with rods,
their sins with chastisements.
33Yet I'll not take my love from him,
nor false my promise make.
34My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change
what with my mouth I spake.
35Once by my holiness I sware,
to David I'll not lie;
36His seed and throne shall, as the sun,
before me last for aye.
37It, like the moon, shall ever be
establish'd stedfastly;
And like to that which in the heav'n
doth witness faithfully.
38But thou, displeased, hast cast off,
thou didst abhor and loathe;
With him that thine anointed is
thou hast been very wroth.
39Thou hast thy servant's covenant
made void, and quite cast by;
Thou hast profan'd his crown, while it
cast on the ground doth lie.
40Thou all his hedges hast broke down,
his strong holds down hast torn.
41He to all passers-by a spoil,
to neighbours is a scorn.
42Thou hast set up his foes' right hand;
mad'st all his en'mies glad:
43Turn'd his sword's edge, and him
to stand in battle hast not made.
44His glory thou hast made to cease,
his throne to ground down cast;
45Shorten'd his days of youth, and him
with shame thou cover'd hast.
46How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself?
for ever, in thine ire?
And shall thine indignation
burn like unto a fire?
47Remember, Lord, how short a time
I shall on earth remain:
O wherefore is it so that thou
has made all men in vain?
48What man is he that liveth here,
and death shall never see?
Or from the power of the grave
what man his soul shall free?
49Thy former loving-kindnesses,
O Lord, where be they now?
Those which in truth and faithfulness
to David sworn hast thou?
50Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad reproach;
how I in bosom bear
The scornings of the people all,
who strong and mighty are.
51Wherewith thy raging enemies
reproach'd, O Lord, think on;
Wherewith they have reproach'd the steps
of thine anointed one.
52All blessing to the Lord our God
let be ascribed then:
For evermore so let it be.
Amen, yea, and amen.
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Psalms 90—106
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Tehillim (Psalms) 89
89
1I sing of the loving-commitment of יהוה forever; With my mouth I make known Your trustworthiness To all generations.
2For I said, “Loving-commitment is built up forever; You establish Your trustworthiness in the heavens.”
3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant Dawiḏ:
4I establish your seed forever, And shall build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah.
5And the heavens praise Your wonders, O יהוה, Your trustworthiness, too, In the assembly of the set-apart ones.
6For who in the heavens is comparable to יהוה? Who among the sons of the mighty is like יהוה?
7Ěl is greatly feared In the company of the set-apart ones, And awesome above all those around Him.
8O יהוה Elohim of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Yah? And Your trustworthiness is all around You.
9You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.
10You have broken Rahaḇ in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies With the arm of Your strength.
11The heavens are Yours, The earth also is Yours; The world and all that fills it. You have founded them.
12North and south – You have created them; Taḇor and Ḥermon rejoice in Your Name.
13You have a mighty arm, Your hand is strong, Your right hand exalted.
14Righteousness and right-ruling Are the foundation of Your throne; Loving-commitment and truth go before Your face.
15Blessed are the people Who know the sounding! They walk, O יהוה, in the light of Your face.
16In Your Name they rejoice all day long, And they are exalted in Your righteousness.
17For You are the comeliness of their strength, And by Your good pleasure our horn is exalted.
18For יהוה is our shield, And the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl is our Sovereign.
19Then You spoke in a vision to Your lovingly-committed one, And You said, “I have given help to one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20“I have found My servant Dawiḏ; With My set-apart oil I anointed him,
21With whom My hand is established; My arm also strengthens him.”
22“No enemy subjects him to tribute, And no son of wickedness afflicts him.
23And I shall beat down His adversaries before his face, And plague those who hate him.”
24“But My trustworthiness And My loving-commitment are with him, And in My Name his horn is exalted.
25And I shall set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.”
26“He calls out to Me, ‘You are my Father, My Ěl, and the rock of my deliverance.’
27I also appoint him first-born, Highest of the sovereigns of the earth.”
28“I guard My loving-commitment for him forever, And My covenant is steadfast with him.
29And I shall establish his seed forever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.”
30“If his sons forsake My Torah And do not walk in My right-rulings,
31If they profane My laws And do not guard My commands,”
32“Then I shall visit their transgression with the rod, And their crookedness with flogging.
33But My loving-commitment I do not take away from him, Nor be false to My trustworthiness.”
34“I shall not profane My covenant, Neither would I change what has gone out from My lips.
35Once I have sworn by My set-apartness, I do not lie to Dawiḏ:"
36“His seed shall be forever, And his throne as the sun before Me;
37“Like the moon, it is established forever, And the witness in the heaven is steadfast.” Selah.
38Yet You have rejected and spurned, You have been wroth with Your anointed.
39You have disowned the covenant of Your servant, You have defiled his diadem in the dust.
40You have broken down all his hedges, You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbours.
42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43Moreover You have turned back the edge of his sword, And have not made him stand in battle.
44You have brought an end to his splendour, And have hurled his throne to the ground.
45You have shortened the days of his youth, You have covered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, O יהוה, would You be hidden? Would Your wrath burn like fire forever?
47Please remember how short my time is; Why should you have created all the sons of men for naught?
48What man would live and not see death? Who rescues his life from the power of She’ol? Selah.
49יהוה, where are Your former loving-commitments, Which You swore to Dawiḏ in Your trustworthiness?
50יהוה, remember the reproach of Your servants, That I have borne in my bosom – Of all the many peoples,
51With which Your enemies have reproached, O יהוה, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
52Blessed be יהוה forever! Amĕn and Amĕn.
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