Psalm 89
89
I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord
A Maskil#89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of #1 Kgs. 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 #
Ps. 101:1 I will sing of #ver. 14, 24, 28, 33, 49; [Isa. 55:3] the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your #ver. 5, 8, 24, 33, 49; Ps. 88:11; 119:90faithfulness to all generations.
2For I said, #[See ver. 1 above] “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens #See Ps. 36:5 you will establish your #[See ver. 1 above]faithfulness.”
3You have said, “I have made #ver. 28, 34, 39 a covenant with my #ver. 19; 1 Kgs. 8:16; Isa. 42:1 chosen one;
I have #ver. 35, 49; Ps. 132:11; See 2 Sam. 7:8-16; 1 Chr. 17:7-14; Jer. 33:17-21sworn to David my servant:
4‘I will establish your #ver. 29, 36; John 12:34 offspring forever,
and build your #ver. 29, 36; [Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32, 33]throne for all generations.’” Selah
5Let #Ps. 19:1; 50:6; 97:6; See Rev. 7:10-12 the heavens praise your #Ps. 88:12 wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of #ver. 7; Job 5:1; 15:15; [Job 1:6]the holy ones!
6For #ver. 8; [Ps. 86:8]who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
# ver. 8; [Ps. 86:8] Who among the heavenly beings#89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might is like the Lord,
7a God greatly #See Ps. 47:2 to be feared in the council of #[See ver. 5 above] the holy ones,
and awesome above all #[Ps. 103:20, 21]who are around him?
8O Lord God of hosts,
# [1 Sam. 2:2]; See Ps. 35:10 who is mighty as you are, O #See Ps. 68:4Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you #Ps. 65:7; Job 38:11still them.
10You #[Ex. 14:30] crushed #See Job 9:13 Rahab like a carcass;
you #See Ps. 53:5scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 #
Gen. 1:1; 1 Chr. 29:11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
# See Ps. 24:1 the world and all that is in it, you have #See Ps. 104:5founded them.
12 #
Job 26:7 The north and the south, you have created them;
#
Jer. 46:18 Tabor and #Deut. 3:9 Hermon #Ps. 98:8joyously praise your name.
13You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 #
Ps. 97:2 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
# ver. 2; [Ps. 85:13] steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15Blessed are the people who know #See Ps. 66:1 the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in #See Ps. 4:6the light of your face,
16who exult in your #[Ps. 20:5, 7] name all the day
and in your righteousness are #[Job 36:7]exalted.
17For you are #[Ps. 78:61] the glory of their strength;
by your favor our #ver. 24; See Ps. 75:10horn is exalted.
18For our #Ps. 47:9 shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to #See Ps. 71:22the Holy One of Israel.
19 # [ver. 3, 4] Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,#89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones and said:
“I have #[Ps. 21:5] granted help to one who is #2 Sam. 17:10 mighty;
I have exalted one #See ver. 3chosen from the people.
20 # Cited Acts 13:22 I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have #1 Sam. 16:13anointed him,
21so that my #Ps. 80:17hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him;
# [2 Sam. 7:10] the wicked shall not humble him.
23I will #[2 Sam. 7:9]; See Ps. 2:9crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24My #ver. 1 faithfulness and my #ver. 1 steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his #ver. 17horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand on #See Ps. 72:8the sea
and his right hand on #See Ps. 72:8the rivers.
26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my #[2 Sam. 7:14] Father,
my God, and #[Ps. 18:2]the Rock of my salvation.’
27And I will make him the #Ex. 4:22; [Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:5] firstborn,
#
Num. 24:7; [Rev. 19:16] the highest of the kings of the earth.
28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my #See ver. 3covenant will stand firm#89:28 Or will remain faithful for him.
29I will establish his #See ver. 4 offspring forever
and his #See ver. 4 throne as #See Job 14:12the days of the heavens.
30 #
2 Sam. 7:14; 1 Kgs. 2:4 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,#89:30 Or my just decrees
31if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with #See Job 9:34the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34I will not violate my #[See ver. 28 above]covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35Once for all I have sworn #See Ps. 60:6 by my holiness;
I will not #[Heb. 6:18]lie to David.
36His #[See ver. 29 above] offspring shall endure forever,
# See ver. 4 his #[See ver. 29 above] throne as long as #See Ps. 72:5the sun before me.
37Like #[See ver. 36 above] the moon it shall be established forever,
# See Job 16:19 a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
38But now you have #See Ps. 44:9 cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your #ver. 20, 51anointed.
39You have #Lam. 2:7 renounced #See ver. 3 the covenant with your servant;
you have #See Ps. 74:7 defiled his #Job 19:9crown in the dust.
40You have #See Ps. 80:12breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 # [See ver. 40 above] All who pass by plunder him;
he has become #[ver. 50]; See Ps. 44:13; 69:9, 19the scorn of his neighbors.
42You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
44You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
45You have cut short #Ps. 102:23 the days of his youth;
you have #Ps. 71:13; 109:29covered him with shame. Selah
46 # See Ps. 13:1 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath #Ps. 78:63; 79:5burn like fire?
47 #
Job 7:7; 10:9 Remember #[Job 14:1] how short my #Ps. 39:5time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 # [Ps. 49:9] What man can live and never #[Luke 2:26; Heb. 11:5] see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of #See Ps. 16:10Sheol? Selah
49Lord, where is your #[ver. 1, 2]steadfast love of old,
which by your #[ver. 1, 2]faithfulness you swore to David?
50 # [ver. 41]; See Ps. 74:18, 22 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my #Ps. 79:12heart the insults#89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults of all the many nations,
51with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock #[Ps. 17:11; 56:6] the footsteps of your #ver. 20, 38anointed.
52 # See Ps. 41:13 Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.
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Psalms 89
89
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord,#89.1 Gk: Heb the steadfast love of the Lord for ever;
with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations.
2For thy steadfast love was established for ever,
thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
3 #
Ps 132.11; Acts 2.30. Thou hast said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
4‘I will establish your descendants for ever,
and build your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah
5Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O Lord,
thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings#89.6 Or sons of gods is like the Lord,
7a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and terrible#89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly terrible above all that are round about him?
8O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as thou art, O Lord,
with thy faithfulness round about thee?
9Thou dost rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
10Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass,
thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine;
the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
12The north and the south, thou hast created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.
13Thou hast a mighty arm;
strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance,
16who exult in thy name all the day,
and extol#89.16 Cn: Heb are exalted in thy righteousness.
17For thou art the glory of their strength;
by thy favor our horn is exalted.
18For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19Of old thou didst speak in a vision
to thy faithful one, and say:
“I have set the crown#89.19 Cn: Heb help upon one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 #
Acts 13.22. I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21so that my hand shall ever abide with him,
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
23I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
27 #
Rev 1.5. And I will make him the first-born,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever,
and my covenant will stand firm for him.
29I will establish his line for ever
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges;
33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
34I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36His line shall endure for ever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 #
Rev 1.5; 3.14. Like the moon it shall be established for ever;
it shall stand firm while the skies endure.”#89.37 Cn: Heb the witness in the skies is sure Selah
38But now thou hast cast off and rejected,
thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.
39Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant;
thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.
40Thou hast breached all his walls;
thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.
41All that pass by despoil him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes;
thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.
43Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword,
and thou hast not made him stand in battle.
44Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand,#89.44 Cn: Heb removed his cleanness
and cast his throne to the ground.
45Thou hast cut short the days of his youth;
thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
46How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
47Remember, O Lord,#89.47 Cn: Heb I what the measure of life is,
for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
48What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old,
which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
50Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned;
how I bear in my bosom the insults#89.50 Cn: Heb all of many of the peoples,
51with which thy enemies taunt, O Lord,
with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.
52Blessed be the Lord for ever!
Amen and Amen.
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