Psalm 89, side by side

¹A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

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

²For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

³You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

⁴‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

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

⁵The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

⁶For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

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

⁷In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

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

⁸O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

⁹You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

¹⁰You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

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

¹¹The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

¹²North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹²The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

¹³Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

¹⁴Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

¹⁵Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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

¹⁸Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁸For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

²¹My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²²No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

²⁸I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

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

²⁹I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

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

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

³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

³¹if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

³¹If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

³²I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

³³Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

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

³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

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

³⁶his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

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

³⁷like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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

³⁸Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

³⁸But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

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

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

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

⁴³You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

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

⁴⁴You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

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

⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

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

⁴⁶How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

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

⁴⁷Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

⁴⁸What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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

⁴⁹Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

⁵¹how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

⁵²Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.