Psalm 89  Jubilee Bible 2000

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

¹ ¶ I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

² For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens; in them thou shalt establish thy truth.

³ I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn unto David my slave, saying,

⁴ Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

⁵ ¶ And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also in the congregation of the saints.

⁶ For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

⁷ God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.

⁸ O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.

⁹ Thou dost rule the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou dost still them.

¹⁰ Thou hast broken Egypt in pieces as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

¹¹ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and its fullness, thou didst found.

¹² Thou hast created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon shall sing in thy name.

¹³ The mighty arm is thine; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴ Thy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵ ¶ Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶ In thy name shall they rejoice each day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength, and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸ For the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹ ¶ Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

²⁰ I have found David my slave; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²² The enemy shall not overcome him, nor the son of iniquity break him down.

²³ But I will break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him.

²⁴ But my truth and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ In the same manner I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶ He shall call me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my saving health.

²⁷ Also I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹ I will also make his seed to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

³¹ if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

³² then I will visit their rebellion with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ Nevertheless I will not take my mercy from him, neither will I falsify my truth.

³⁴ I will not profane my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

³⁶ His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

³⁸ ¶ But thou hast cast off and abhorred thine anointed; thou hast been wroth with him.

³⁹ Thou hast made void the covenant of thy slave; thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

⁴¹ All that pass by the way spoil him; he is a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴² Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³ Thou hast also blunted the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴ Thou hast made his clarity to cease and cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, O LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is; why hast thou made all men subject to vanity?

⁴⁸ What man is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou didst sware unto David in thy truth?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy slaves; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of many peoples,

⁵¹ because thine enemies have dishonoured, O LORD; they have dishonoured the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵² Blessed be the LORD for ever. Amen and Amen.