1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, YLT — Psalm 89:1
2 For I said, ‘To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.’ YLT — Psalm 89:2
3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: YLT — Psalm 89:3
4 ’Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah. YLT — Psalm 89:4
5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones. YLT — Psalm 89:5
6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty? YLT — Psalm 89:6
7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him. YLT — Psalm 89:7
8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee. YLT — Psalm 89:8
9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. YLT — Psalm 89:9
10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. YLT — Psalm 89:10
11 Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them. YLT — Psalm 89:11
12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. YLT — Psalm 89:12
13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand. YLT — Psalm 89:13
14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face. YLT — Psalm 89:14
15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually. YLT — Psalm 89:15
16 In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted, YLT — Psalm 89:16
17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted, YLT — Psalm 89:17
18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king. YLT — Psalm 89:18
19 Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people, YLT — Psalm 89:19
20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him. YLT — Psalm 89:20
21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him. YLT — Psalm 89:21
22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not. YLT — Psalm 89:22
23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague, YLT — Psalm 89:23
24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted. YLT — Psalm 89:24
25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. YLT — Psalm 89:25
26 He proclaimeth me: ‘Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ YLT — Psalm 89:26
27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth. YLT — Psalm 89:27
28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him. YLT — Psalm 89:28
29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. YLT — Psalm 89:29
30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk; YLT — Psalm 89:30
31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep, YLT — Psalm 89:31
32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, YLT — Psalm 89:32
33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness. YLT — Psalm 89:33
34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not. YLT — Psalm 89:34
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David, YLT — Psalm 89:35
36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me, YLT — Psalm 89:36
37 As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah. YLT — Psalm 89:37
38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed, YLT — Psalm 89:38
39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown, YLT — Psalm 89:39
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin. YLT — Psalm 89:40
41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours, YLT — Psalm 89:41
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. YLT — Psalm 89:42
43 Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle, YLT — Psalm 89:43
44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down. YLT — Psalm 89:44
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah. YLT — Psalm 89:45
46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire? YLT — Psalm 89:46
47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men? YLT — Psalm 89:47
48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. YLT — Psalm 89:48
49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness, YLT — Psalm 89:49
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, YLT — Psalm 89:50
51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed. YLT — Psalm 89:51
52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen! YLT — Psalm 89:52