[1] Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. [2] \89:1\My song will be of the
mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to
all generations. [3] \89:2\For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for
ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens. [4] \89:3\I have made an
agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my
servant; [5] \89:4\I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will
be strong through all generations. (Selah.) [6] \89:5\In heaven let them
give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the
saints. [7] \89:6\For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the
Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods? [8] \89:7\God is
greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those
who are about him. [9] \89:8\O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you,
O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you. [10] \89:9\You have
rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them
calm. [11] \89:10\Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with
your strong arm you put to flight all your haters. [12] \89:11\Yours are
the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and
everything which is in it. [13] \89:12\You have made the north and the
south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name. [14]
\89:13\Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right
hand. [15] \89:14\The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and
right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face. [16]
\89:15\Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light
of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way. [17] \89:16\In your
name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be
lifted up. [18] \89:17\For you are the glory of their strength; in your
pleasure will our horn be lifted up. [19] \89:18\For our breastplate is the
Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's. [20] \89:19\Then 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. [21] \89:20\I have made
discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head. [22]
\89:21\My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength. [23]
\89:22\The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he
will not be troubled by the sons of evil. [24] \89:23\I will have those who
are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed
under my blows. [25] \89:24\But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and
in my name will his horn be lifted up. [26] \89:25\I will put his hand in
the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. [27] \89:26\He will say to me,
You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. [28] \89:27\And I
will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
[29] \89:28\I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him
will not be changed. [30] \89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever;
his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens. [31] \89:30\If his children
give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions; [32] \89:31\If my rules
are broken, and my orders are not kept; [33] \89:32\Then I will send
punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their
evil-doing. [34] \89:33\But I will not take away my mercy from him, and
will not be false to my faith. [35] \89:34\I will be true to my agreement;
the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed. [36]
\89:35\I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false
to David. [37] \89:36\His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat
of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. [38] \89:37\It will be fixed
for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.) [39]
\89:38\But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the
king of your selection. [40] \89:39\You 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. [41] \89:40\All his walls are broken down; you have
given his strong towers to destruction. [42] \89:41\All those who come by
take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours. [43] \89:42\You
have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all
those who are against him. [44] \89:43\His sword is turned back; you have
not been his support in the fight. [45] \89:44\You have put an end to his
glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth. [46]
\89:45\You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame.
(Selah.) [47] \89:46\How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from
our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire? [48] \89:47\See
how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? [49]
\89:48\What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back
his soul from the underworld? (Selah.) [50] \89:49\Lord, where are your
earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging
faith? [51] \89:50\Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and
how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart; [52]
\89:51\The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of
your king. [53] \89:52\Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be
it.
