Psalm 89:19-52

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾for our shield comes from Adonai —
our king is from the Holy One of Isra’el.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾There was a time when you spoke in a vision;
you declared to your loyal [prophets],
“I have given help to a warrior,
I have raised up someone chosen from the people.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾I have found David my servant
and anointed him with my holy oil.
²²⁽²¹⁾My hand will always be with him,
and my arm will give him strength.
²³⁽²²⁾No enemy will outwit him,
no wicked man overcome him.
²⁴⁽²³⁾I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
²⁵⁽²⁴⁾My faithfulness and grace will be with him;
through my name his power will grow.
²⁶⁽²⁵⁾I will put his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁷⁽²⁶⁾He will call to me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁸⁽²⁷⁾I will give him the position of firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁹⁽²⁸⁾I will keep my grace for him forever,
and in my covenant be faithful with him.
³⁰⁽²⁹⁾I will establish his dynasty forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens last.

³¹⁽³⁰⁾“If his descendants abandon my Torah
and fail to live by my rulings,
³²⁽³¹⁾if they profane my regulations
and don’t obey my mitzvot,
³³⁽³²⁾I will punish their disobedience with the rod
and their guilt with lashes.
³⁴⁽³³⁾But I won’t withdraw my grace from him
or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁵⁽³⁴⁾I will not profane my covenant
or change what my lips have spoken.
³⁶⁽³⁵⁾I have sworn by my holiness once and for all;
I will not lie to David —
³⁷⁽³⁶⁾his dynasty will last forever,
his throne like the sun before me.
³⁸⁽³⁷⁾It will be established forever, like the moon,
which remains a faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)

³⁹⁽³⁸⁾But you spurned your anointed one,
rejected and vented your rage on him.
⁴⁰⁽³⁹⁾You renounced the covenant with your servant
and defiled his crown in the dust.
⁴¹⁽⁴⁰⁾You broke through all his defenses
and left his strongholds in ruins.
⁴²⁽⁴¹⁾All who pass by plunder him;
he is an object of scorn to his neighbors.
⁴³⁽⁴²⁾You raised up the right hand of his foes
and made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴⁴⁽⁴³⁾You drive back his drawn sword
and fail to support him in battle.
⁴⁵⁽⁴⁴⁾You brought an end to his splendor
and hurled his throne to the ground.
⁴⁶⁽⁴⁵⁾You cut short the days of his youth
and covered him with shame. (Selah)

⁴⁷⁽⁴⁶⁾How long, Adonai? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your fury burn like fire?
⁴⁸⁽⁴⁷⁾Remember how little time I have!
Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?
⁴⁹⁽⁴⁸⁾Who can live and not see death?
Who can save himself from the power of the grave? (Selah)
⁵⁰⁽⁴⁹⁾Where, Adonai, are the acts of grace you once did,
those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?
⁵¹⁽⁵⁰⁾Remember, Adonai, the taunts hurled at your servants,
which I carry in my heart [from] so many peoples!
⁵²⁽⁵¹⁾Your enemies, Adonai, have flung their taunts,
flung them in the footsteps of your anointed one.