Psalms 88 — UBES

88Verse 1A Psalm of instruction for Ethan the Israelite.^{Verse 2}I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, forever:
I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.
^{Verse 3}For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up forever:
Thy truth shall be established in the heavens.
^{Verse 4}I made a covenant with my chosen ones,
I swore unto David my servant.
^{Verse 5}I will establish thy seed forever,
And build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.^{Verse 6}The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord;
And thy truth in the assembly of the saints.
^{Verse 7}For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord?
And who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
^{Verse 8}God is glorified in the council of the saints;
Great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
^{Verse 9}O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee?
Thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
^{Verse 10}Thou rulest the power of the sea;
And thou calmest the tumult of its waves.
^{Verse 11}Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain;
And with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies.
^{Verse 12}The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine:
Thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.
^{Verse 13}Thou hast created the north and the west:
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
^{Verse 14}Thine is the mighty arm:
Let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.
^{Verse 15}Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne:
Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.^{Verse 16}Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound:
They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
^{Verse 17}And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
^{Verse 18}For thou art the boast of their strength;
And in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
^{Verse 19}For our help is of the Lord;
And of the Holy One of Israel, our king.^{Verse 20}Then thou spokest in vision to thy children,
And saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one;
I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
^{Verse 21}I have found David my servant;
I have anointed him by my holy mercy.
^{Verse 22}For my hand shall support him;
And mine arm shall strengthen him.
^{Verse 23}The enemy shall have no advantage against him;
And the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
^{Verse 24}And I will hew down his foes before him,
And put to flight those that hate him.
^{Verse 25}But my truth and my mercy shall be with him;
And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
^{Verse 26}And I will set his hand in the sea,
And his right hand in the rivers.
^{Verse 27}He shall call upon me, saying, Thou art my Father,
My God, and the helper of my salvation.
^{Verse 28}And I will make him my firstborn,
Higher than the kings of the earth.
^{Verse 29}I will keep my mercy for him forever,
And my covenant shall be firm with him.
^{Verse 30}And I will establish his seed forever and ever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.^{Verse 31}If his children should forsake my law,
And walk not in my judgments;
^{Verse 32}If they should profane my ordinances,
And not keep my commandments;
^{Verse 33}I will visit their transgressions with a rod,
And their sins with scourges.
^{Verse 34}But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him,
Nor wrong my truth.
^{Verse 35}Neither will I by any means profane my covenant;
And I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
^{Verse 36}Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
^{Verse 37}His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before me;
^{Verse 38}And as the moon that is established forever,
And as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.^{Verse 39}But thou hast cast off and set at nought,
Thou hast rejected thine anointed.
^{Verse 40}Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant;
Thou hast profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground.
^{Verse 41}Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
Thou hast made his strongholds a terror.
^{Verse 42}All that go by the way have spoiled him:
He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
^{Verse 43}Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies;
Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
^{Verse 44}Thou hast turned back the help of his sword,
And hast not helped him in the battle.
^{Verse 45}Thou hast deprived him of glory:
Thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.
^{Verse 46}Thou hast shortened the days of his throne:
Thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.^{Verse 47}How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, forever?
Shall thine anger flame out as fire?
^{Verse 48}Remember what my being is:
For hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
^{Verse 49}What man is there who shall live, and not see death?
Shall anyone deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
^{Verse 50}Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord,
Which thou sworest to David in thy truth?
^{Verse 51}Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants,
Which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations;
^{Verse 52}Wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord:
Wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed.
^{Verse 53}Blessed be the Lord forever.
So be it, so be it.