Psalms 89 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Of instruction to Ethan the Ezrahite. The mercies of Jehovah forever will I sing: to generation and generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.	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 said, Mercy shall be built up forever: the heavens, thy faithfulness shall be prepared in them.	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 cut out a covenant to my chosen, I sware to David my servant,	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	Even to forever I will prepare thy seed, and I built up to generation and generation thy throne, Silence.	‘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	And the heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Jehovah, also thy faithfulness in the convocation of the holy ones.	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 in the cloud shall be compared to Jehovah? shall he be likened to Jehovah among the sons of God?	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 being greatly terrible in the council of the holy ones and to be feared by all round 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 Jehovah, God of armies, who as thee, Jah, strong? and thy faithfulness round about 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 ruling over the lifting up of the sea: in the lifting up of its waves thou wilt soothe 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 didst break Rahab in pieces as the wounded one; with the arm of thy strength thou didst scatter thine enemies.	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	To thee the heavens, also to thee the earth; the habitable globe and its fulness thou didst found them.	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	The north and the south thou didst create them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice 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	To thee an arm with strength: thou wilt strengthen thy hand, and thou wilt lift up thy right hand.	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	Justice and judgment the preparing of thy throne: mercy and truth shall anticipate 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	Happy the people knowing the shout of joy: O Jehovah, they shall go in the light of thy face.	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	In thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.	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 the beauty of their strength, and in thine acceptance our horn shall be exalted.	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 to Jehovah our shield, and to the Holy One of Israel our King.	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	Then thou spakest in a vision to thy godly one, and thou wilt say, I put help upon the mighty one; I exalted the chosen one from 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 found David my servant; with my holy oil I anointed him:	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	Which my hand shall be prepared with him: also shall mine arm strengthen him.	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 enemy shall not impose upon him, and the son of iniquity shall not afflict him.	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	And I beat down his adversaries from his fame, and I will smite those hating him.	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	And my faithfulness and my mercy with him, and in my name shall his horn 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	And I set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.	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 call me, Thou my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation,	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	Also I will give him the firstborn, the highest to the kings 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	Forever will I watch my mercy to him, and my covenant was firm to him.	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	I set his seed forever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.	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	If his sons shall forsake my law, and not go in my judgments;	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	If they shall profane my laws and watch not my commands;	if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,	if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32	And I reviewed their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with blows.	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	And my mercy I will not rend from him, and I will not lie in my faithfulness,	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	I will not profane my covenant, and I will not change the going forth of my lips.	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	Once did I swear in my holy place if I shall lie to David.	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	His seed shall be forever and his throne as the sun 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	As the moon it shall be prepared forever, and a faithful witness in the cloud. Silence.	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	And thou didst cast off, and thou wilt reject; thou didst overflow with thy Messiah.	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	Thou didst reject the covenant of thy servant: thou didst profane to the earth his consecration.	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	Thou didst break down all his walls; thou didst set his fortifications a ruin.	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	All those passing over the way plundered him: he was a reproach to his neighbors:	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	Thou didst raise up the right hand of his adversaries; thou didst cause all his enemies to rejoice.	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	Also thou wilt turn hack the edge of his sword, and thou caused him not to rise up in war.	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	Thou didst cause to cease from his cleansing, and his throne thou didst cast it down to the earth.	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	Thou didst shorten the clays of his youth: thou didst cover over him with shame. Silence.	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	How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn as 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	Remember me what is life: wherefore in vain didst thou create all the sons of man?	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	What man shall live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hades? Silence.	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	Where thy former mercies, O Jehovah, thou didst sware to David in thy faithfulness?	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	Remember, O Jehovah, the reproach of thy servants; I lifted up in my bosom all the multitudes of peoples;	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	Which thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah; which they reproached the heels of thy Messiah.	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	Blessed be Jehovah forever. Amen and Amen.	Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.	Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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Psalms 89 Parallel Bible Translations