Psalms 89

1- Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. - My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.● 2For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.● 3I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;● 4I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)● 5In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.● 6For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?● 7God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.● 8O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.● 9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.● 10Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.● 11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.● 12You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.● 13Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.● 14The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.● 15Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.● 16In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.● 17For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.● 18For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.● 19Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.● 20I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.● 21My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.● 22The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.● 23I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.● 24But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.● 25I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.● 26He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.● 27And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.● 28I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.● 29His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.● 30If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;● 31If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;● 32Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.● 33But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.● 34I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.● 35I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.● 36His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.● 37It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)● 38But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.● 39You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.● 40All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.● 41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.● 42You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.● 43His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.● 44You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.● 45You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)● 46How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?● 47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?● 48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)● 49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?● 50Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;● 51The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.● 52Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.●