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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Psalms 89
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PSALM 89
1 The learning of Ethan the Ezrahite. I shall sing without end; the mercies of the Lord. In generation and into generation; I shall tell thy truth with my mouth.
2For thou saidest, Without end mercy shall be builded in heavens; thy truth shall be made ready in those [or them].
3 Thou saidest, I disposed a testa-ment to my chosen men; I swore to David, my servant,
4till into without end I shall make ready thy seed. And I shall build thy seat; in generation, and into generation.
5Lord, heavens shall acknowledge thy marvels; and thy truth in the church of saints.
6For who in the clouds shall be made even to the Lord; shall be like God among the sons of God?
7God, that is glorified in the council of saints; is great, and dreadful over all that be in his compass.
8Lord God of virtues, who is like thee? Lord, thou art mighty, and thy truth is in thy compass.
9Thou art Lord of the power of the sea; forsooth thou assuagest the stirring of the waves thereof.
10Thou madest low the proud, as wounded; in the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thine enemies.
11Heavens be thine, and the earth is thine; thou hast founded the world, and the fullness thereof;
12thou madest of nought the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon shall make full out joy in thy name;
13thine arm with power. Thine hand be made steadfast, and thy right hand be enhanced;
14rightfulness [or rightwiseness] and doom is the making ready of thy seat. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face;
15blessed is the people that know a hearty song. Lord, they shall go in the light of thy cheer;
16and in thy name they shall make full out joy all day; and they shall be enhanced in thy rightfulness [or right-wiseness].
17For thou art the glory of the virtue of them; and in thy good pleasance our horn shall be enhanced.
18For our taking up is of the Lord; and of the Holy of Israel our king.
19Then thou spakest in revelation to thy saints, and saidest, I have set [or put] help in the mighty; and I have enhanced the chosen man of my people.
20I found David, my servant; I anointed him with mine holy oil.
21For mine hand shall help him; and mine arm shall confirm him.
22The enemy shall nothing profit in him; and the son of wickedness shall not lay to or put to, for to annoy him.
23And I shall slay his enemies from his face; and I shall turn into flight them that hate him.
24And my truth and mercy shall be with him; and his horn shall be enhanced in my name.
25And I shall set [or put] his hand in the sea; and his right hand in floods.
26He shall inwardly call me, Thou art my father; my God, and the up-taker of mine health.
27And I shall set him the first be-gotten son; higher than the kings of earth.
28Without end I shall keep my mercy to him; and my testament faithful to him.
29And I shall set his seed into the world of world; and his throne as the days of heaven.
30Forsooth if his sons forsake my law; and go not in my dooms.
31If they make unholy my rightful-nesses; and keep not my command-ments.
32I shall visit in a rod the wicked-nesses of them; and in beatings the sins of them.
33But I shall not scatter my mercy from him; and in my truth I shall not annoy him.
34Neither I shall make unholy my testament; and I shall not make void those things that come forth of my lips.
35Once I swore in mine holiness, I shall not lie to David;
36his seed shall dwell without end. And his throne as [the] sun in my sight,
37and as a perfect moon without end; and a faithful witness in heaven.
38But thou hast put away, and despised; and hast delayed thy christ.
39Thou hast turned away the testa-ment of thy servant; thou madest unholy his saintuary in earth.
40Thou destroyedest all the hedges thereof; thou hast set the steadfastness thereof into dread.
41All men passing by the way ravished him; he is made a shame to his neighbours.
42Thou hast enhanced the right hand of men oppressing him; thou hast gladdened all his enemies.
43Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and thou helpedest not him in battle.
44Thou destroyedest him from cleansing; and thou hast hurled down his seat in [the] earth.
45Thou hast made less the days of his time; thou hast beshed him with shame.
46Lord, how long turnest thou away, into the end; shall thine ire burn out as fire?
47Bethink thou what is my substance; for whether thou hast ordained vainly all the sons of men?
48Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
49Lord, where be thine eld [or old] mercies; as thou hast sworn to David in thy truth?
50Lord, be thou mindful of the shame of thy servants; of the insults of many heathen men, which I held together in my bosom.
51Which thine enemies, Lord, did shamefully; for they despised the changing of thy christ.
52Blessed be the Lord without end; be it done, be it done.
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