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
Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings
A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1I will sing forever of Yahweh’s acts of loyal love.
From generation to generation#Literally “To a generation and a generation”
I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.
2For I say, “Forever your loyal love is built up.
The heavens you have established with your faithfulness in them.”
3“I made a covenant with my chosen one;
I swore an oath to David my servant:
4‘I will establish your descendants forever,
and I will build up your throne from generation to generation.’ ”#Literally “To a generation and a generation” Selah
5And so the heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh,
even your faithfulness, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6For who in the sky#Hebrew singular collective “clouds” is equal to Yahweh?
Who is like Yahweh among the sons of God,
7a God feared greatly in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all surrounding him?
8O Yahweh God of hosts,
who is mighty like you, O Yah,
with#Hebrew “and” your faithfulness surrounding you?
9You are ruling the surging of the sea.
When its waves rise, you yourself still#Literally “you, you calm” them.
10You yourself crushed#Literally “You, you crushed” Rahab like one who is slain;
you scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
11The heavens are yours, the earth yours as well,
the world with its fullness, because you founded them.
12North and south, you created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully over your name.
13You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is strong; your right hand reaches high.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Loyal love and faithfulness#Or “truth” come before your face.#That is, enjoy continual access
15Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout;
O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.
16In your name they rejoice all the day,
and in your righteousness they rise up.
17For you are the glory of their strength,
and by your favor our horn rises up,#According to the reading tradition (Qere). The Kethib reads “you exalt our horn”
18because our shield belongs to Yahweh,#Or “Yahweh is our shield.”
and our king to the Holy One of Israel.#Or “The Holy One of Israel is our king.”
19Formerly you spoke in a vision
to your faithful ones, and said,
“I have bestowed help on a mighty man;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20I have found David, my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him,
21with whom my hand will be steadfast.
Surely my arm will strengthen him.
22The enemy will not deceive him,
and no evil man#Literally “a son of wickedness” will afflict him.
23But I will crush his adversaries before him,
and I will strike those who hate him.
24And so my faithfulness
and my loyal love will be with him,
and in my name his horn will rise up.
25And I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27I will also make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28Forever I will keep my loyal love for him,
and my covenant will be reliable for him.
29I will also establish his offspring forever,
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30If his sons forsake my law
and do not walk in my judgments,
31if they defile#Hebrew “profane; treat as common” my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with a rod,
and their guilt with wounds.
33But I will not break off my loyal love from him,
and I will not be false against my faithfulness.
34I will not defile#Hebrew “profane; treat as common” my covenant,
or alter what proceeded from my lips.
35Once#Hebrew “One” I have sworn by my holiness,
‘I will surely not lie to David,
36His offspring will endure#Hebrew “be” forever,
and his throne as the sun before me.
37Like the moon it will be steadfast forever,
and like an enduring witness in the sky.’ ” Selah
38But you have spurned and rejected;
you are very angry with your anointed one.
39You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled#Hebrew “profane; treat as common” his crown in#Hebrew “to” the dirt.
40You have broken down all his walls;
you have made his fortifications a ruin.
41All passing along the road plunder him;
he has become a taunt to his neighbors.
42You have raised the right hand#That is, given them victory of his adversaries.
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43You have also turned back the edge of his sword
and have not helped him stand his ground in the battle.
44You have made his splendor to cease,
and cast his throne to the ground.
45You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame. Selah
46How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever?
Will your wrath burn like fire forever?
47Remember what my lifespan is.
Remember for what vanity
you have created all the children of humankind.
48What man can live on and not see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power#Literally “hand”” of Sheol? Selah
49Where are your former acts of loyal love, O Lord,
that you swore to David by your faithfulness?
50Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants,
how I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many peoples,
51by which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh,
by which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.
52Blessed be Yahweh forever.
Amen and Amen.
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