Psalms 89 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A wyse instruction of Ethan the Ezrachite. I wyll sing alwayes of the mercy of God: with my mouth I wyll make knowen thy trueth from one generation to another. I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
2 For I sayde, mercy shall for euer endure: thou hast established thy trueth in the heauens. For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt. You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
4 I wyll establishe thy seede for euer: and buylde vp thy throne from generation to generation. Selah. ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’”
5 O God, the very heauens shall confesse thy wonderous workes: and thy trueth in the congregation of saintes. Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who is he in the cloudes that shal matche God: and who is like vnto God amongst the children gods? For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
7 God is very terrible in the assemblie of saintes: and to be feared aboue al them that are about him. a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 O God, Lorde of hoastes, who is like vnto thee a most mightie Lorde: and thy trueth is on euery side thee. O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you? Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
9 Thou rulest the ragyng of the sea: when her waues aryse, thou delayest them. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
10 Thou hast brought Egypt in so bad a case as if it were wounded: thou hast scattered thyne enemies abrode with thy mightie arme. You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
11 The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde, and of all the plentie that is therin. The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
12 Thou hast made the north and the south: Tabor and Hermon do reioyce in thy name. The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
13 Thou hast a mightie arme: thy hand is strong, and thy right hand is exalted. You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand. Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
14 Iustice and iudgement is the foundation of thy throne: mercy and trueth shall go before thy face. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse: O God, they shall walke in the light of thy countenaunce. Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face, Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name: and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues. who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes. For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
18 For our shielde is of God: and our king is of the most holy of Israel. For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes: and hast sayde, I haue added ayde vpon the mightie, I haue exalted one chose out of the people. Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 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 haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle. I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym. so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence: the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym. The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face: and ouerthrowe them that hate hym. I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
24 My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted. My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea: and his right hande in the fluddes. I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall make inuocation vnto me: saying thou art my father O my God, and my fortresse of saluation. He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
27 And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth. And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym. My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen. I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement: If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, “If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
31 (89:30) if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes, if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32 (89:31) I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes. then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
33 (89:32) Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym. but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness. but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 (89:33) I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes. I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
35 (89:34) I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid. Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—
36 (89:35) His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me. His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
37 (89:36) And as the moone which shall continue for euermore: and shalbe a faithful witnesse in heauen. Selah. Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 (89:37) But thou hast abhorred & forsake thine annoynted: & art sore displeased at him. But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 (89:38) Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt: thou hast disgraced his crowne, castyng it on the grounde. You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 (89:39) Thou hast ouerthrowe all his walles: and broken downe his strong holdes. You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
41 (89:40) All they that go by the way spoyle hym: he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours. All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 (89:41) Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies: and made all his aduersaries to reioyce. You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 (89:42) Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde: and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle. You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle. Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
44 (89:43) Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende: and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde. You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 (89:44) Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth: and thou hast couered him with shame. Selah. You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
46 (89:45) O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe? for euer? shall thy wrath burne lyke fire? How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 (89:46) Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men? Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 (89:47) What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah. What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
49 (89:48) Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses: which thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth that thou wouldest perfourme. Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David? Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 (89:49) Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes: I beare in my bosome the dishonour of all people that be mightie. Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 (89:50) Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour: who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted. with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 (89:51) Blessed be God for euermore: so be it, and so be it. Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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