Psalms 89
89
Psalm 89
A maskil by Ethan the Ezrahite.
1I will sing forever about the evidence of your mercy, O Lord.
I will tell about your faithfulness to every generation.
2I said, “Your mercy will last forever.
Your faithfulness stands firm in the heavens.”
3 ⌞You said,⌟ “I have made a promise #89:3 Or “covenant.” to my chosen one.
I swore this oath to my servant David:
4‘I will make your dynasty continue forever.
I built your throne to last throughout every generation.’ ” Selah
5O Lord, the heavens praise your miracles
and your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
6Who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
7God is terrifying in the council of the holy ones.
He is greater and more awe-inspiring than those who surround him.
8O Lord God of Armies, who is like you?
Mighty Lord, even your faithfulness surrounds you.
9You rule the raging sea.
When its waves rise, you quiet them.
10You crushed Rahab; #89:10 Rahab is the name of a demonic creature who opposes God. it was like a corpse.
With your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
11The heavens are yours.
The earth is also yours.
You made the world and everything in it.
12You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing your name joyfully.
13Your arm is mighty.
Your hand is strong.
Your right hand is lifted high.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne.
Mercy and truth stand in front of you.
15Blessed are the people who know how to praise you.
They walk in the light of your presence, O Lord.
16They find joy in your name all day long.
They are joyful in your righteousness
17because you are the glory of their strength.
By your favor you give us victory.
18Our shield belongs to the Lord.
Our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
19Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones:
“I set a boy above warriors.
I have raised up one chosen from the people.
20I found my servant David.
I anointed him with my holy oil.
21My hand is ready to help him.
My arm will also give him strength.
22No enemy will take him by surprise.
No wicked person will mistreat him.
23I will crush his enemies in front of him
and defeat those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and mercy will be with him,
and in my name he will be victorious.
25I will put his ⌞left⌟ 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.’
27Yes, I will make him the firstborn.
He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will stay with him forever.
My promise to him is unbreakable.
29I will make his dynasty endure forever
and his throne like the days of heaven.
30“If his descendants abandon my teachings
and do not live by my rules,
31if they violate my laws
and do not obey my commandments,
32then with a rod I will punish their rebellion
and their crimes with beatings.
33But I will not take my mercy away from him
or allow my truth to become a lie.
34I will not dishonor my promise
or alter my own agreement.
35On my holiness I have taken an oath once and for all:
I will not lie to David.
36His dynasty will last forever.
His throne will be in my presence like the sun.
37Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever.
It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.”
38But you have despised, rejected,
and become angry with your anointed one.
39You have refused to recognize the promise to your servant
and have thrown his crown into the dirt.
40You have broken through all his walls
and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.
41(Everyone who passed by robbed him.
He has become the object of his neighbors’ scorn.)
42You held the right hand of his enemies high
and made all of his adversaries rejoice.
43You even took his sword out of his hand
and failed to support him in battle.
44You put an end to his splendor
and hurled his throne to the ground.
45You cut short the days of his youth
and covered him with shame. Selah
46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?
47Remember how short my life is!
Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason?
48Can a mortal go on living and never see death?
Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah
49Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord?
You swore an oath to David on ⌞the basis of⌟ your faithfulness.
50Remember, O Lord,#89:50 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts “Lord.” how your servant #89:50 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Greek, Syriac; other Hebrew manuscripts “your servants.” has been insulted.
Remember how I have carried in my heart ⌞the insults⌟ from so many people.
51Your enemies insulted ⌞me⌟.
They insulted your Messiah #89:51 Or “anointed one.” every step he took.
52Thank the Lord forever.
Amen and amen!
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Psalms 89
89
An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite.
1Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
2For I said, ‘To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.’
3I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4‘Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
5And the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
6For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
7God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
14Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
15O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
19Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
20I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
26He proclaimeth me: ‘Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
31If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
38And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
46Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
49Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
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