Psalm 89
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 89
Perplexity about God’s Promises
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.(A)
1 I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;(B)
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.(C)
2 For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”(D)
3 The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”(E)
5 Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders(F)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.(G)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the Lord?(H)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than[b] all who surround Him.(I)
8 Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?(J)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.(K)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;(L)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.(M)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.(N)
12 North and south—You created them.(O)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.(P)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.(Q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;(R)
faithful love and truth go before You.(S)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;(T)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.(U)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.(V)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;(W)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.(X)
18 Surely our shield[c] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.(Y)
19 You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen[d] from the people.(Z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.(AA)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.(AB)
22 The enemy will not afflict[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.(AC)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.(AD)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.(AE)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.(AF)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,(AG)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’(AH)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.(AI)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.(AJ)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.[f](AK)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,(AL)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,(AM)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.(AN)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.(AO)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.(AP)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.(AQ)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,(AR)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”(AS)
38 But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.(AT)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.[g](AU)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.(AV)
41 All who pass by plunder him;(AW)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.(AX)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.(AY)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.(AZ)
44 You have made his splendor[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.(BA)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.(BB)
46 How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?(BC)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?(BD)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?(BE)
49 Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?(BF)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
51 how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.(BG)
52 May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.(BH)
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:6 Or the angels, or the sons of the mighty
- Psalm 89:7 Or ones, revered by
- Psalm 89:18 = the king
- Psalm 89:19 Or exalted a young man
- Psalm 89:22 Or not exact tribute from
- Psalm 89:29 Lit as days of heaven
- Psalm 89:39 Lit have dishonored his crown to the ground
- Psalm 89:44 Hb obscure
诗篇 89
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
求 神按他的信實施慈愛
以斯拉人以探的訓誨詩。
89 我要永遠歌唱耶和華的慈愛，
世世代代用口傳揚你的信實。
2 我要說：“你的慈愛必永遠建立；
你的信實，你必堅立在天上。
3 你曾說：‘我和我所揀選的人立了約，
向我的僕人大衛起了誓，說：
4 我必永遠堅立你的後裔，
也必世世代代建立你的王位。’”（細拉）
5 耶和華啊！諸天要稱頌你的奇事；
在聖者的會中，你的信實也要被稱頌。
6 在天上，誰能和耶和華相比呢？
在全能者的眾子中，誰能像耶和華呢？
7 在聖者的議會中， 神是令人驚懼的，
比一切在他周圍的都更為可畏。
8 耶和華萬軍之 神啊！有誰像你？
耶和華啊！你是大能的，你的信實在你的周圍。
9 你管轄海洋的狂濤，
波浪翻騰的時候，你使它們平息。
10 你打碎了拉哈伯，好像已遭刺殺的人；
你用有力的膀臂，趕散了你的仇敵。
11 天是你的，地也是你的；
世界和世界充滿的，都是你建立的。
12 南北都是你創造的，
他泊和黑門都因你的名歡呼。
13 你有大能的膀臂，
你的手強而有力，你的右手高舉。
14 公義和公正是你寶座的基礎，
慈愛和信實行在你前面。
15 曉得向你歡呼的人民是有福的，
耶和華啊！他們在你的臉光中行走。
16 他們因你的名終日歡呼，
因你的公義被高舉。
17 因為你是他們的榮耀和力量；
因你的恩惠，我們的角得以高舉。
18 因為我們的盾牌是耶和華，
我們的君王是以色列的聖者。
19 那時，你在異象中告訴你的聖民說：
“我幫助了一位勇士，
我從民中興起了一位青年（“我從民中興起了一位青年”或譯：“我興起那從民中所揀選的”）。
20 我找到我的僕人大衛，
用我的聖膏油膏他。
21 我的手必堅立他，
我的膀臂必堅固他。
22 仇敵必不能欺騙他，
兇惡的人必不能壓迫他。
23 我要在他的面前擊碎他的敵人，
擊殺那些恨他的人。
24 我的信實和慈愛必與他同在，
他的角必因我的名被高舉。
25 我必使他的左手伸到大海，
使他的右手伸到大河。
26 他必呼叫我，說：‘你是我的父、我的 神、拯救我的磐石。’
27 我也要立他為長子，
為世上最高的君王。
28 我要永遠保持我對他的慈愛，
我和他所立的約必堅立。
29 我要使他的後裔存到永遠，
使他的王位好像天一樣長久。
30 如果他的子孫離棄我的律法，
不照著我的典章而行；
31 如果他們違背我的律例，
不遵守我的誡命，
32 我就用杖責罰他們的過犯，
用鞭責罰他們的罪孽。
33 但我必不把我的慈愛從他身上收回，
也必不背棄我的信實。
34 我必不違背我的約，
也不改變我口中所出的話。
35 我斷然指著自己的聖潔起誓，說：
‘我決不向大衛說謊。
36 他的後裔必存到永遠，
他的王位在我面前必像太陽長存，
37 又像月亮永遠堅立，
作天上確實的見證。’”（細拉）
38 你卻惱怒你的受膏者，
丟掉棄絕他。
39 你捨棄了和你僕人所立的約，
把他的冠冕玷污在地。
40 你拆毀了他的一切城牆，
使他的堡壘成廢堆。
41 過路的都搶掠他，
他成了鄰國的人羞辱的對象。
42 你高舉了他敵人的右手，
使他所有的仇敵歡喜。
43 你使他的刀劍捲刃，
使他在戰場上站立不住。
44 你使他的光輝消失，
把他的王位推翻（“推翻”原文作“推倒在地”）。
45 你減少了他青春的日子，
使他披上恥辱。（細拉）
46 耶和華啊！這要到幾時呢？
你要永遠隱藏自己嗎？
你的烈怒像火一般焚燒，要到幾時呢？
47 求你記念我的一生多麼短暫，
你創造的世人是多麼虛幻呢！
48 有哪一個人能長活不死，
能救自己的性命脫離陰間的權勢呢？（細拉）
49 主啊！你從前指著你的信實向大衛起誓要施的慈愛，
現今在哪裡呢？
50 主啊！求你記念你僕人所受的羞辱，
記念我心裡（“我心裡”原文作“我在我的懷裡”）承擔著萬民的羞辱。
51 耶和華啊！你的仇敵用這羞辱羞辱了你的僕人，
羞辱了你受膏者的腳蹤。
52 耶和華是應當稱頌的，直到永遠！
阿們，阿們！
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