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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 89 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/89.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/89-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Psalm 89</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/88.htm" title="Psalm 88">◄</a> Psalm 89 <a href="../psalms/90.htm" title="Psalm 90">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/89-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">I Will Sing of His Love Forever<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:1)</font> <i>A Psalm</i> of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:2)</font> For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:3)</font> I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:4)</font> I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:5)</font> The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:6)</font> For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:7)</font> God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:8)</font> O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:9)</font> Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:10)</font> Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:11)</font> The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:12)</font> Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:13)</font> Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:14)</font> Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:15)</font> Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:16)</font> And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:17)</font> For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:18)</font> for <i>our</i> help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:19)</font> Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:20)</font> I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by <i>my</i> holy mercy.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:21)</font> For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:22)</font> The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:23)</font> And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:24)</font> But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:25)</font> And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:26)</font> He shall call upon me, <i>saying</i>, Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:27)</font> And I will make him <i>my</i> first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:28)</font> I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant <i>shall be</i> firm with him.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:29)</font> And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:30)</font> If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:31)</font> if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:32)</font> I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:33)</font> But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:34)</font> Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:35)</font> Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.<p> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:36)</font> His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;<p> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:37)</font> and as the moon <i>that is</i> established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.<p> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:38)</font> But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed.<p> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:39)</font> Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, <i>casting it</i> to the ground.<p> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:40)</font> Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.<p> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:41)</font> All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.<p> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:42)</font> Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.<p> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:43)</font> Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.<p> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:44)</font> Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.<p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:45)</font> Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.<p> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:46)</font> How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?<p> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:47)</font> Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?<p> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:48)</font> What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall <i>any one</i> deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.<p> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:49)</font> Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?<p> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:50)</font> Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, <i>even the reproach</i> of many nations;<p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:51)</font> wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><font color=blue>(88:52)</font> Blessed be the Lord for ever. 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