Psalms, 89

1. <Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.> I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

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2. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

2. I will sing forever, O Lord, of your love and proclaim your faithfulness from age to age.

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

3. I will declare how steadfast is your love, how firm your faithfulness.

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

4. You said, "I have made a covenant with David, my chosen one; I have made a pledge to my servant.

5. And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

5. I establish his descendants forever; I build his throne for all generations."

6. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

6. The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord; the assembly of the holy ones recalls your faithfulness.

7. God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.

7. Who in the skies can compare with the Lord; who of the heaven-born is like him?

8. O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

8. A God feared in the council of the holy ones, awesome to those who approach him.

9. Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

9. O Lord God of hosts, who is like you, clothed in might and faithfulness?

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

10. You reign over the surging sea; you calm its raging waves.

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

11. You split Rahab like a carcass; with your strong arm you routed your foes.

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

12. Yours are the heavens and the earth; you founded the world and everything in it.

13. Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.

13. You created the north and the south - Tabor and Hermon rejoice at your name.

14. Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

14. You have a powerful arm, mighty and exalted is your right hand!

15. Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

15. Justice and righteousness are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

16. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

16. Blessed is the people who know your praise. They walk in the light of your face.

17. For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

17. They celebrate all day your name and your protection lifts them up.

18. For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.

18. You give us glory and power; and your favor gives us victory.

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

19. Our king is in the hands of the Lord; the God of Israel is our shield.

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

20. In the past you spoke in a vision; you said of your faithful servant: "I have set the crown upon a mighty one; on one chosen from the people.

21. With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

21. I have found David my servant, and with my holy oil I have anointed him.

22. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

22. My hand will be ever with him and my arm will sustain him,

23. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

23. no enemy shall outwit him nor the wicked oppress him.

24. But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

24. I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

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

25. My faithfulness and love will be with him, and by my help he will be strong.

26. He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

26. I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

27. Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

27. He will call on me, 'You are my Father, my God, my Rock, my Savior.'

28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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

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

29. I will keep my covenant firm forever, and my love for him will endure.

30. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

30. His dynasty will last forever, and his throne as long as the heavens.

31. If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

31. If his sons forsake my law and fail to follow my decrees,

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

32. if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

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

33. I will punish their crime with the rod and their offenses with the scourge;

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

34. yet I will not withdraw my love from him, nor will I withdraw my faithfulness.

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

35. I will be true to my promises and not break my covenant.

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

36. Did I not swear by my holiness? I will not lie to David.

37. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

37. His dynasty will last forever, and his throne endure as the sun before me.

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

38. It will shine forever like the moon, the unfailing watch of heavens."

39. Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.

39. But now you have rejected, disowned and raged at your anointed.

40. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

40. You have disregarded your covenant and cast off the crown of your servant.

41. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

41. You have destroyed his walls and reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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

42. The victim of despoilers, he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

43. Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

43. You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made his enemies rejoice.

44. Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

44. You have turned the edge of his sword, and have not stood by him in battle.

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

45. You have wrenched the scepter from his hand and flung his throne to the ground.

46. How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

46. You have shortened the time of his splendor and covered him with shame.

47. Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

47. How long, O Lord, will you hide? How long will anger burn like a fire?

48. What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

48. Consider how short my life is, how shadowy the human destiny.

49. Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

49. What mortal can live and never see death? Who will escape from the netherworld?

50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

50. O Lord, where is your former great love, the faithfulness you pledged to David?

51. Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

51. Remember, O Lord, how your servant is despised, how I suffer the scorn of the peoples,

52. Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

52. the taunts with which your enemies have mocked every step of your anointed.

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53. Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen, Amen.