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Psalm 89
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(A special psalm by Ethan the Ezrahite.)

The Lord's Agreement with David

1 (A) Our Lord, I will sing
    of your love forever.
Everyone yet to be born
will hear me praise
    your faithfulness.
2 I will tell them, “God's love
    can always be trusted,
and his faithfulness lasts
    as long as the heavens.”

3 You said, “David, my servant,
    is my chosen one,
and this is the agreement
    I made with him:
4 (B) David, one of your descendants
    will always be king.”

5 Our Lord, let the heavens
    now praise your miracles,
and let all your angels
    praise your faithfulness.

6 None who live in the heavens
    can compare with you.
7 You are the most fearsome
    of all who live in heaven;
all the others fear
    and greatly honor you.
8 You are Lord God All-Powerful!
No one is as loving
    and faithful as you are.
9 You rule the roaring sea
    and calm its waves.
10 You crushed the monster Rahab,[a]
and with your powerful arm
    you scattered your enemies.
11 The heavens and the earth
    belong to you.
And so does the world
    with all its people
because you created them
12     and everything else.[b]

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon
    gladly praise you.
13 You are strong and mighty!
14 Your kingdom is ruled
    by justice and fairness
with love and faithfulness
    leading the way.

15 Our Lord, you bless those
    who join in the festival
and walk in the brightness
    of your presence.
16 We are happy all day
    because of you,
and your saving power
    brings honor to us.
17 Your own glorious power
    makes us strong,
and because of your kindness,
    our strength increases.
18 Our Lord and our King,
the Holy One of Israel,
    you are truly our shield.

19 In a vision, you once said
    to your faithful followers:
“I have helped a mighty hero.
I chose him from my people
    and made him famous.
20 (C) David, my servant, is the one
    I chose to be king,
21 and I will always be there
    to help and strengthen him.

22 “No enemy will outsmart David,
and he won't be defeated
    by any hateful people.
23 I will strike down and crush
    his troublesome enemies.
24 He will always be able
    to depend on my love,
and I will make him strong
    with my own power.
25 I will let him rule the lands
    across the rivers and seas.
26 He will say to me,
‘You are my Father
    and my God,
as well as the mighty rock[c]
    where I am safe.’

27 (D) “I have chosen David
    as my first-born son,
and he will be the ruler
    of all kings on earth.
28 My love for him will last,
and my agreement with him
    will never be broken.

29 “One of David's descendants
    will always be king,
and his family will rule
    until the sky disappears.
30 Suppose some of his children
should reject my Law
    and refuse my instructions.
31 Or suppose they should disobey
    all of my teachings.
32 Then I will correct
and punish them
    because of their sins.
33 But I will always love David
and faithfully keep all
    of my promises to him.

34 “I won't break my agreement
    or go back on my word.
35 I have sworn once and for all
by my own holy name,
    and I won't lie to David.
36 His family will always rule.
    I will let his kingdom last
as long as the sun 37 and moon
    appear in the sky.”

38 You are now angry, Lord,
and you have turned your back
    on your chosen king.
39 You broke off your agreement
    with your servant, the king,
and you completely destroyed
    his kingdom.
40 The walls of his city
    have been broken through,
and every fortress
    now lies in ruins.
41 All who pass by
    take what they want,
and nations everywhere
    joke about the king.

42 You made his enemies powerful
    and let them celebrate.
43 But you forced him to retreat
because you did not fight
    on his side.
44 You took his crown[d]
and threw his throne
    in the dirt.
45 You made an old man of him
    and put him to shame.

46 How much longer, Lord?
    Will you hide forever?
How long will your anger
    keep burning like fire?
47 Remember, life is short![e]
Why did you empty our lives
    of all meaning?
48 No one can escape the power
    of death and the grave.

49 Our Lord, where is the love
    you have always shown
and that you promised
    so faithfully to David?
50 Remember your servant, Lord!
People make jokes about me,
    and I suffer many insults.
51 I am your chosen one,
but your enemies chase
    and make fun of me.

52 Our Lord, we praise you
    forever. Amen and amen.

Footnotes

  1. 89.10 Rahab: Many people in the ancient world thought that the world was controlled by this sea monster that the Lord destroyed at the time of creation (see Isaiah 51.9).
  2. 89.12 and everything else: The Hebrew text has “Zaphon and Yamin,” which may either be the names of mountains or refer to the directions “north and south,” with the meaning “everything from north to south.”
  3. 89.26 mighty rock: See the note at 18.2.
  4. 89.44 You took … crown: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  5. 89.47 Remember … short: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Salmos 89
La Biblia de las Américas

El pacto del Señor con David, y las aflicciones de Israel

Masquil[a] de Etán ezraíta[b].

89 Por siempre cantaré de las misericordias del Señor(A);
con mi boca daré a conocer(B) tu fidelidad(C) a todas las generaciones.
2 Porque dije: Para siempre será edificada la misericordia(D);
en los cielos mismos establecerás tu fidelidad(E).
3 Yo he hecho un pacto con mi escogido(F),
he jurado a David mi siervo(G):
4 Estableceré tu descendencia[c] para siempre(H),
y edificaré tu trono(I) por todas las generaciones. (Selah[d])

5 Los cielos alabarán(J) tus maravillas, Señor,
y también tu fidelidad en la asamblea(K) de los santos(L).
6 Porque, ¿quién en el firmamento[e] se puede comparar al Señor(M)?
¿Quién entre los hijos de los poderosos[f](N) es como el Señor,
7 Dios muy temido(O) en el consejo de los santos(P),
e imponente(Q) sobre todos los que están en su derredor?
8 Oh Señor, Dios de los ejércitos, ¿quién como tú(R), poderoso Señor[g]?
Tu fidelidad también te rodea.
9 Tú dominas la soberbia[h] del mar;
cuando sus olas se levantan, tú las calmas(S).
10 Tú aplastaste a Rahab[i](T) como a uno herido de muerte;
esparciste a tus enemigos(U) con tu brazo poderoso[j].

11 Tuyos son los cielos(V), tuya también la tierra;
el mundo y todo lo que en él hay[k](W), tú lo fundaste.
12 El norte y el sur(X), tú los creaste;
el Tabor(Y) y el Hermón(Z) aclamarán con gozo a tu nombre(AA).
13 Tú tienes un brazo fuerte[l];
tu mano es poderosa, tu diestra es exaltada(AB).
14 La justicia y el derecho son el fundamento de tu trono(AC);
la misericordia y la verdad[m] van delante de ti(AD).
15 ¡Cuán bienaventurado es el pueblo que sabe lo que es la voz de júbilo[n](AE)!
Andan, Señor, a la luz de tu rostro(AF).
16 En tu nombre se regocijan todo el día(AG),
y por tu justicia son enaltecidos.
17 Porque tú eres la gloria de su potencia(AH),
y por tu gracia[o] es exaltado nuestro poder[p](AI).
18 Pues del Señor es nuestro escudo(AJ),
y del Santo de Israel nuestro rey(AK).

19 Una vez hablaste en visión a tus santos[q],
y dijiste: He ayudado a[r] un poderoso(AL);
he exaltado a uno escogido de entre el pueblo(AM).
20 He hallado a David mi siervo(AN);
lo he ungido con mi óleo santo(AO),
21 y[s] con él estará siempre[t] mi mano(AP);
mi brazo también lo fortalecerá(AQ).
22 No lo engañará[u] el enemigo,
ni lo afligirá el hijo de maldad[v](AR).
23 Sino que yo aplastaré(AS) a sus adversarios delante de él,
y heriré a los que lo aborrecen.
24 Con él estarán mi fidelidad(AT) y mi misericordia,
y en mi nombre será exaltado su poder[w](AU).
25 Pondré también su mano sobre el mar(AV),
y su diestra sobre los ríos.
26 Él clamará a mí: Mi Padre eres tú(AW),
mi Dios y la roca de mi salvación(AX).
27 Yo también lo haré mi primogénito(AY),
el más excelso de los reyes de la tierra(AZ).
28 Para siempre conservaré mi misericordia hacia él(BA),
y mi pacto(BB) le será confirmado.
29 Así estableceré su descendencia[x] para siempre(BC),
y su trono(BD) como los días de los cielos(BE).

30 Si sus hijos abandonan mi ley(BF)
y no andan en mis juicios,
31 si violan[y] mis estatutos
y no guardan mis mandamientos,
32 entonces castigaré con vara(BG) su transgresión,
y con azotes su iniquidad.
33 Pero no quitaré de él mi misericordia(BH),
ni obraré falsamente en mi fidelidad.
34 No quebrantaré[z] mi pacto(BI),
ni cambiaré la palabra[aa](BJ) de mis labios.
35 Una vez[ab] he jurado por mi santidad(BK);
no mentiré a David.
36 Su descendencia[ac] será para siempre(BL),
y su trono como el sol(BM) delante de mí.
37 Será establecido para siempre como la luna(BN),
fiel testigo(BO) en el cielo. (Selah[ad])

38 Pero tú lo has rechazado y desechado(BP),
contra[ae] tu ungido(BQ) te has enfurecido.
39 Has despreciado(BR) el pacto de tu siervo;
has profanado(BS) su corona(BT) echándola por tierra.
40 Has derribado(BU) todos sus muros;
has convertido en ruinas sus fortalezas(BV).
41 Todos los que pasan por el camino(BW) lo saquean;
ha venido a ser una afrenta(BX) para sus vecinos.
42 Tú has exaltado(BY) la diestra de sus adversarios;
has hecho regocijarse a todos sus enemigos(BZ).
43 Has retirado también el filo de su espada,
y no le has hecho estar firme en la batalla(CA).
44 Has hecho cesar su esplendor[af](CB),
y has echado por tierra su trono.
45 Has acortado los días de su juventud(CC);
lo has cubierto de ignominia(CD). (Selah)

46 ¿Hasta cuándo, Señor?
¿Te esconderás para siempre(CE)?
¿Arderá como el fuego tu furor(CF)?
47 Recuerda cuán breve es mi vida[ag](CG);
¡con qué propósito vano(CH) has creado a todos los hijos de los hombres![ah]
48 ¿Qué hombre podrá vivir y no ver la muerte(CI)?
¿Podrá librar su alma(CJ) del poder[ai] del Seol[aj]? (Selah)

49 ¿Dónde están, Señor, tus misericordias de antes,
que en tu fidelidad juraste a David(CK)?
50 Recuerda, Señor, el oprobio de tus siervos(CL);
cómo llevo dentro de mí[ak] el oprobio de muchos[al] pueblos,
51 con el cual tus enemigos(CM), oh Señor, han injuriado,
con el cual han injuriado los pasos de tu ungido(CN).

52 ¡Bendito sea el Señor para siempre!
Amén y amén(CO).

Footnotes

  1. Salmos 89:1 Posiblemente, Salmo didáctico, o contemplativo
  2. Salmos 89:1 Véase 1 Rey. 4:31; Sal. 88:Subtítulo
  3. Salmos 89:4 Lit., simiente
  4. Salmos 89:4 Posiblemente, Pausa, Crescendo, o Interludio
  5. Salmos 89:6 O, cielo
  6. Salmos 89:6 O, dioses
  7. Salmos 89:8 Heb., Yah
  8. Salmos 89:9 Lit., la subida
  9. Salmos 89:10 I.e., Egipto
  10. Salmos 89:10 Lit., tu brazo de tu poder
  11. Salmos 89:11 Lit., y su plenitud
  12. Salmos 89:13 Lit., un brazo con fuerza
  13. Salmos 89:14 O, fidelidad
  14. Salmos 89:15 O, el sonido de la trompeta
  15. Salmos 89:17 O, favor
  16. Salmos 89:17 Lit., cuerno
  17. Salmos 89:19 Algunos mss. dicen: tu santo
  18. Salmos 89:19 Lit., He puesto ayuda sobre
  19. Salmos 89:21 Lit., que
  20. Salmos 89:21 O, establecida
  21. Salmos 89:22 O, No lo explotará
  22. Salmos 89:22 O, el hombre malvado
  23. Salmos 89:24 Lit., cuerno
  24. Salmos 89:29 Lit., simiente
  25. Salmos 89:31 Lit., profanan
  26. Salmos 89:34 Lit., profanaré
  27. Salmos 89:34 Lit., lo que sale
  28. Salmos 89:35 O, Una cosa
  29. Salmos 89:36 Lit., simiente
  30. Salmos 89:37 Posiblemente, Pausa, Crescendo, o Interludio
  31. Salmos 89:38 Lit., con
  32. Salmos 89:44 Lit., lustre
  33. Salmos 89:47 Lit., de qué duración yo soy
  34. Salmos 89:47 O, ¿has creado para vanidad...hombres?
  35. Salmos 89:48 Lit., de la mano
  36. Salmos 89:48 I.e., región de los muertos
  37. Salmos 89:50 Lit., en mi seno
  38. Salmos 89:50 Lit., todos los muchos
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Psalm 89
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Psalm 89[a]

A maskil[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1 I will sing(A) of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known(B)
    through all generations.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(C)
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,
4 ‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[c](D)

5 The heavens(E) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly(F) of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?(G)
7 In the council(H) of the holy ones(I) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(J)
8 Who is like you,(K) Lord God Almighty?(L)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

9 You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.(M)
10 You crushed Rahab(N) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered(O) your enemies.
11 The heavens are yours,(P) and yours also the earth;(Q)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.(R)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor(S) and Hermon(T) sing for joy(U) at your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.(V)

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(W)
    love and faithfulness go before you.(X)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk(Y) in the light(Z) of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice in your name(AA) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,(AB)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.[d](AC)
18 Indeed, our shield[e](AD) belongs to the Lord,
    our king(AE) to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David(AF) my servant;(AG)
    with my sacred oil(AH) I have anointed(AI) him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.(AJ)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;(AK)
    the wicked will not oppress(AL) him.
23 I will crush his foes before him(AM)
    and strike down his adversaries.(AN)
24 My faithful love will be with him,(AO)
    and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.(AP)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,(AQ)
    my God, the Rock(AR) my Savior.’(AS)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(AT)
    the most exalted(AU) of the kings(AV) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.(AW)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(AX)

30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;(AY)
33 but I will not take my love from him,(AZ)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(BA)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(BB)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(BC)

38 But you have rejected,(BD) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.(BE)
40 You have broken through all his walls(BF)
    and reduced his strongholds(BG) to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered(BH) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(BI)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.(BJ)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.(BK)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(BL) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(BM)

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(BN)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(BO)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(BP)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[g] been mocked,(BQ)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(BR)

52 Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.(BS)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:1 In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.
  2. Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.
  4. Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
  5. Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign
  6. Psalm 89:24 Horn here symbolizes strength.
  7. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have
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