Psalms 89 — ULB

A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

89Verse 1I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever.
I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations.
^{Verse 2}For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever;
your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”
^{Verse 3}“I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have made an oath to David my servant.
^{Verse 4}I will establish your descendants forever,
and I will establish your throne through all generations.” Selah
^{Verse 5}The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh;
your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
^{Verse 6}For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?
^{Verse 7}He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones
and is awesome among all who surround him.
^{Verse 8}Yahweh God of hosts,
who is strong like you, Yahweh?
Your truthfulness surrounds you.
^{Verse 9}You rule the raging sea;
when the waves surge, you calm them.
^{Verse 10}You crushed Rahab as one who is killed.
You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
^{Verse 11}The heavens belong to you, and the earth also.
You made the world and all it contains.
^{Verse 12}You created the north and the south.
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
^{Verse 13}You have a mighty arm
and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
^{Verse 14}Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
^{Verse 15}Blessed are the people who worship you!
Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
^{Verse 16}They rejoice in your name all day long,
and in your righteousness they exalt you.
^{Verse 17}You are their majestic strength,
and by your favor we are victorious.
^{Verse 18}For our shield belongs to Yahweh;
our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
^{Verse 19}Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones;⁺
you said, “I have set a crown on a mighty one.”⁺
I have raised up one chosen from among the people.
^{Verse 20}I have chosen David my servant;
with my holy oil have I anointed him.
^{Verse 21}My hand will support him;
my arm will strengthen him.
^{Verse 22}No enemy will deceive him;
no son of wickedness will oppress him.
^{Verse 23}I will crush his enemies before him;
I will kill those who hate him.
^{Verse 24}My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him;
by my name he will be victorious.
^{Verse 25}I will place his hand over the sea
and his right hand over the rivers.
^{Verse 26}He will call out to me, 'You are my Father,
my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
^{Verse 27}I also will place him as my firstborn son,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
^{Verse 28}I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever;
and my covenant with him will be secure.
^{Verse 29}I will make his descendants endure forever
and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
^{Verse 30}If his children forsake my law
and do not walk in my regulations,
^{Verse 31}if they break my rules
and do not keep my commands,
^{Verse 32}then will I punish their rebellion with a rod
and their iniquity with blows.
^{Verse 33}But I will not remove my steadfast love from him
or be unfaithful to my promise.
^{Verse 34}I will not break my covenant
or change the words of my lips.
^{Verse 35}Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness—
I will not lie to David:
^{Verse 36}his descendants will continue forever
and his throne as long as the sun before me.
^{Verse 37}It will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
^{Verse 38}But you have refused and rejected;
you have been angry with your anointed king.
^{Verse 39}You have renounced the covenant of your servant.
You have desecrated his crown on the ground.
^{Verse 40}You have broken down all his walls.
You have ruined his strongholds.
^{Verse 41}All who pass by have robbed him.
He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
^{Verse 42}You have raised the right hand of his enemies;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
^{Verse 43}You turn back the edge of his sword
and have not made him stand when in battle.
^{Verse 44}You have brought his splendor to an end;
you have brought down his throne to the ground.
^{Verse 45}You have shortened the days of his youth.
You have covered him with shame. Selah
^{Verse 46}How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?
^{Verse 47}Oh, think about how short my time is,
and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
^{Verse 48}Who can live and not die,
or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? Selah
^{Verse 49}Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness
that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
^{Verse 50}Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants
and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.
^{Verse 51}Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh;
they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
^{Verse 52}Blessed be Yahweh forever.
Amen and Amen.