Psalms 89
1O LORD, I will sing of Thy mercies forever; I will proclaim Thy truth with my mouth to all generations.
2Since Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up forever. My truth shall be established in the heavens.
3I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David,
4I will establish Thy seed forever; I will build up Thy throne to all generations.
5O Lord, let the heavens praise Thy wonders and Thy truth in the congregation of the saints.
6For who in heaven can be compared to the Lord? Or who among the sons of God, likened to the Lord?
7God is glorified in the counsel of the holy—great and awful among all around him.
8O Lord, the God of hosts, who is like Thee? Thou, Lord, art mighty and Thy truth is around Thee.
9Thou rulest the raging of the sea, and stillest the rolling billows thereof.
10Thou hast humbled the proud like one slain—with Thy mighty arm Thou hast scattered Thy foes.
11Thine are the heavens, and the earth is Thine, Thou hast founded the world and its fullness.
12Thou hast created the north and the west; let Thabor and Hermon rejoice at Thy name.
13Thine arm is endowed with power; let Thy hand be strong—Thy right hand exalted.
14Justice and judgment are the preparation of Thy throne; mercy and truth shall march before Thee.
15Happy the people who know the joyful sound! They will walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy presence,
16and rejoice in Thy name all the day long, and be exalted by Thy righteousness.
17For Thou art the glory of their strength; and by Thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18For Thou art the help of our Lord, even of the Holy One of Israel,
19our king. At that time Thou didst speak in vision to Thy children and say: I have laid help on one who is Mighty: I have exalted a chosen one of My people;
20I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with holy oil.
21My hand will indeed support him. And him Mine arm will strengthen.
22Over him an enemy shall not gain advantage; nor shall a son of wickedness any more afflict him.
23For before him I will hew down his enemies: and them who hate him I will put to flight.
24And My truth and My mercy shall be with him; and by My name his horn shall be exalted.
25And I will put his hand on the sea; and his right hand on the rivers:
26and he will invoke Me saying, Thou art my father; my God and the support of my salvation;
27and I will set him as a first-born; high above all the kings of the earth.
28My mercy I will keep for him evermore. And My covenant with him shall be firm.
29And I will establish his seed forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake My law, and do not walk in My judgments—
31If they profane My statutes; and do not keep My commandments:
32I will visit their transgressions with a rod; and their iniquities with scourges.
33But from him I will not withdraw My mercy; nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.
34I will not violate My covenant; nor annul what have passed My lips.
35Once for all I have sworn by My holiness; that I will not be false to David.
36His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me;
37and as the moon forever fixed: and the witness in heaven is faithful.
38Hast Thou then cast off and set at naught—hast Thou given up this Thine anointed?
39Hast Thou made void the covenant with Thy servant: and profaned his sanctuary to the ground?
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges, and made his strongholds a ruin.
41All that pass by have plundered him: he is become a subject of reproach to his neighbours.
42Thou hast raised up the right hand of his foes, thou hast made all his enemies glad.
43Thou hast turned back the edge of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
44Thou hast caused his purification to cease: thou hast dashed down his throne to the ground.
45Thou hast shortened the days of his throne, and poured contempt upon him.
46How long, O Lord, wilt Thou turn away? Shall Thy wrath burn like fire forever?
47Remember what my being is. Hast Thou created all the sons of men in vain?
48Is there any man who can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the mansion of the dead?
49O Lord, where are Thy mercies of old; which Thou didst solemnly promise David by Thy truth?
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants—that of many nations, which I retain in my bosom—that with which Thine enemies,
51O Lord, have reproached—with which they have reproached the redemption of Thine anointed one.
52Blessed be the Lord forever. Amen, Amen.