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The Lord’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.

A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant,

I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.”(A) Selah.


The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord,
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,

A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.(B)
10 
You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.(C)
12 
The north and the south, You have created them;
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 
You have a strong arm;
Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.
14 
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
15 
Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!
They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!
16 
In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 
For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment],
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 
For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 
Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 
“I have found David My servant;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,(D)
21 
With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast;
My arm also shall strengthen him.
22 
“The enemy will not outwit him,
Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him.
23 
“I will crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 
“My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him,
And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].
25 
“I will also [a]set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea,
And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].
26 
“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27 
“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.(E)
28 
“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,
And My covenant will be confirmed to him.
29 
“His descendants I will establish forever,
And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.(F)

30 
“If his children [b]turn away from My law
And do not walk in My ordinances,
31 
If they break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 
Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline],
And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.(G)
33 
“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 
“My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.
35 
“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];
I will not lie to David.
36 
“His [c]descendants shall endure forever
And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.(H)
37 
“It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.”(I) Selah.

38 
But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected;
You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.
39 
You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.
40 
You have broken down all his [city] walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 
All who pass along the road rob him;
He has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 
You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 
Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword
And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.
44 
You have put an end to his splendor
And have hurled his throne to the ground.
45 
You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah.

46 
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
47 
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
48 
What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

49 
O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon],
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
50 
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear in [d]my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 
With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord,
With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.

52 
Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:25 I.e. extend his area of influence.
  2. Psalm 89:30 Lit forsake.
  3. Psalm 89:36 Lit seed.
  4. Psalm 89:50 Lit the fold of my garment.

Pacto de Dios con David

Masquil de Etán ezraíta.(A)

89 Las misericordias de Jehová cantaré perpetuamente;

De generación en generación haré notoria tu fidelidad con mi boca.

Porque dije: Para siempre será edificada misericordia;

En los cielos mismos afirmarás tu verdad.

Hice pacto con mi escogido;

Juré a David mi siervo, diciendo:

Para siempre confirmaré tu descendencia,

Y edificaré tu trono por todas las generaciones.(B) Selah

Celebrarán los cielos tus maravillas, oh Jehová,

Tu verdad también en la congregación de los santos.

Porque ¿quién en los cielos se igualará a Jehová?

¿Quién será semejante a Jehová entre los hijos de los potentados?

Dios temible en la gran congregación de los santos,

Y formidable sobre todos cuantos están alrededor de él.

Oh Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos,

¿Quién como tú? Poderoso eres, Jehová,

Y tu fidelidad te rodea.

Tú tienes dominio sobre la braveza del mar;

Cuando se levantan sus ondas, tú las sosiegas.

10 Tú quebrantaste a Rahab como a herido de muerte;

Con tu brazo poderoso esparciste a tus enemigos.

11 Tuyos son los cielos, tuya también la tierra;

El mundo y su plenitud, tú lo fundaste.

12 El norte y el sur, tú los creaste;

El Tabor y el Hermón cantarán en tu nombre.

13 Tuyo es el brazo potente;

Fuerte es tu mano, exaltada tu diestra.

14 Justicia y juicio son el cimiento de tu trono;

Misericordia y verdad van delante de tu rostro.

15 Bienaventurado el pueblo que sabe aclamarte;

Andará, oh Jehová, a la luz de tu rostro.

16 En tu nombre se alegrará todo el día,

Y en tu justicia será enaltecido.

17 Porque tú eres la gloria de su potencia,

Y por tu buena voluntad acrecentarás nuestro poder.

18 Porque Jehová es nuestro escudo,

Y nuestro rey es el Santo de Israel.

19 Entonces hablaste en visión a tu santo,

Y dijiste: He puesto el socorro sobre uno que es poderoso;

He exaltado a un escogido de mi pueblo.

20 Hallé a David(C) mi siervo;

Lo ungí con mi santa unción.(D)

21 Mi mano estará siempre con él,

Mi brazo también lo fortalecerá.

22 No lo sorprenderá el enemigo,

Ni hijo de iniquidad lo quebrantará;

23 Sino que quebrantaré delante de él a sus enemigos,

Y heriré a los que le aborrecen.

24 Mi verdad y mi misericordia estarán con él,

Y en mi nombre será exaltado su poder.

25 Asimismo pondré su mano sobre el mar,

Y sobre los ríos su diestra.

26 Él me clamará: Mi padre eres tú,

Mi Dios, y la roca de mi salvación.

27 Yo también le pondré por primogénito,

El más excelso de los reyes de la tierra.(E)

28 Para siempre le conservaré mi misericordia,

Y mi pacto será firme con él.

29 Pondré su descendencia para siempre,

Y su trono como los días de los cielos.

30 Si dejaren sus hijos mi ley,

Y no anduvieren en mis juicios,

31 Si profanaren mis estatutos,

Y no guardaren mis mandamientos,

32 Entonces castigaré con vara su rebelión,

Y con azotes sus iniquidades.

33 Mas no quitaré de él mi misericordia,

Ni falsearé mi verdad.

34 No olvidaré mi pacto,

Ni mudaré lo que ha salido de mis labios.

35 Una vez he jurado por mi santidad,

Y no mentiré a David.

36 Su descendencia será para siempre,

Y su trono como el sol delante de mí.

37 Como la luna será firme para siempre,

Y como un testigo fiel en el cielo. Selah

38 Mas tú desechaste y menospreciaste a tu ungido,

Y te has airado con él.

39 Rompiste el pacto de tu siervo;

Has profanado su corona hasta la tierra.

40 Aportillaste todos sus vallados;

Has destruido sus fortalezas.

41 Lo saquean todos los que pasan por el camino;

Es oprobio a sus vecinos.

42 Has exaltado la diestra de sus enemigos;

Has alegrado a todos sus adversarios.

43 Embotaste asimismo el filo de su espada,

Y no lo levantaste en la batalla.

44 Hiciste cesar su gloria,

Y echaste su trono por tierra.

45 Has acortado los días de su juventud;

Le has cubierto de afrenta. Selah

46 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová? ¿Te esconderás para siempre?

¿Arderá tu ira como el fuego?

47 Recuerda cuán breve es mi tiempo;

¿Por qué habrás creado en vano a todo hijo de hombre?

48 ¿Qué hombre vivirá y no verá muerte?

¿Librará su vida del poder del Seol? Selah

49 Señor, ¿dónde están tus antiguas misericordias,

Que juraste a David por tu verdad?

50 Señor, acuérdate del oprobio de tus siervos;

Oprobio de muchos pueblos, que llevo en mi seno.

51 Porque tus enemigos, oh Jehová, han deshonrado,

Porque tus enemigos han deshonrado los pasos de tu ungido.

52 Bendito sea Jehová para siempre.

Amén, y Amén.