Psalms 89 (89:1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89:2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ (89:1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89:2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth. ² (89:3) For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness. ³ (89:4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant: ⁴ (89:5) For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah ⁵ (89:6) So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶ (89:7) For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD, ⁷ (89:8) A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him? ⁸ (89:9) O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee. ⁹ (89:10) Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. ¹⁰ (89:11) Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength. ¹¹ (89:12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. ¹² (89:13) The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name. ¹³ (89:14) Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand. ¹⁴ (89:15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee. ¹⁵ (89:16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance. ¹⁶ (89:17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted. ¹⁷ (89:18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted. ¹⁸ (89:19) For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. ¹⁹ (89:20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. ²⁰ (89:21) I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him; ²¹ (89:22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. ²² (89:23) The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³ (89:24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him. ²⁴ (89:25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ (89:26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ (89:27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ²⁷ (89:28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ (89:29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him. ²⁹ (89:30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ (89:31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances; ³¹ (89:32) If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments; ³² (89:33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes. ³³ (89:34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness. ³⁴ (89:35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips. ³⁵ (89:36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David; ³⁶ (89:37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me. ³⁷ (89:38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah ³⁸ (89:39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed. ³⁹ (89:40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground. ⁴⁰ (89:41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. ⁴¹ (89:42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours. ⁴² (89:43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³ (89:44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. ⁴⁴ (89:45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. ⁴⁵ (89:46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah ⁴⁶ (89:47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷ (89:48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men! ⁴⁸ (89:49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah ⁴⁹ (89:50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness? ⁵⁰ (89:51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples; ⁵¹ (89:52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed. ⁵² (89:53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.