Psalms 89:1-35 ▼

1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of YHWH forever. To generation and generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

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

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

4 ‘Even to forever I will establish Your seed, and build up for generation and generation your throne.’” Selah

5 and the heavens will praise Your wonders, O YHWH, and Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the heavens can be compared to YHWH, likened to YHWH among the sons of the mighty?

7 God is to be feared greatly in the council of the holy ones, and to be revered by all those surrounding Him.

8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, who is like You, O mighty YAH? And Your faithfulness surrounds You!

9 You rule over the pride of the sea; its waves mount up, and You still them.

10 You crushed Rahab as one slain; with the arm of Your strength, You scattered Your enemies.

11 Unto You are the heavens; the earth also is unto You; the world and its fullness—You have founded them.

12 The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon ring out praise in Your name.

13 Unto You is an arm with might; strong is Your hand; high is Your right hand.

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

15 Blessed are the people knowing the joyful sound; O YHWH, in the light of Your face they walk.

16 In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are lifted high.

17 For You are the splendor of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is raised high.

18 Indeed, unto YHWH is our shield, and our king unto the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once You spoke in a vision to Your holy ones, and said: “I have given help to a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20 I have found David My servant; with the oil of My holiness I anointed him,

21 with whom My hand is established—My arm also will strengthen him.

22 The enemy will not exact tribute from him, and a son of wickedness shall not afflict him.

23 And I will crush his foes before his face, and those hating him I will strike.

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

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

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

27 I also appoint him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 Forever I will keep for him My loving devotion, and My covenant will stand fast for him.

29 And I will establish His seed forever, and his throne like the days of the heavens.

30 If his sons should abandon My instruction, and do not walk in My ordinances,

31 if they violate My statutes, and do not keep My commandments,

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

33 And I will not break off My loving devotion from him, and I will not be false in My faithfulness.

34 I will not violate My covenant, and a declaration of My lips I will not change.

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