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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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever;</div><div class="po2">To all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I have said: ‘For ever is mercy built;</div><div class="po2">In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I have made a covenant with My chosen,</div><div class="po2">I have sworn unto David My servant:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For ever will I establish thy seed,</div><div class="po2">And build up thy throne to all generations.’<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD,</div><div class="po2">Who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones,</div><div class="po2">And feared of all them that are about Him?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>O LORD God of hosts,</div><div class="po2">Who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD?</div><div class="po2">And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea;</div><div class="po2">When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain;</div><div class="po2">Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth;</div><div class="po2">The world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The north and the south, Thou hast created them;</div><div class="po2">Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thine is an arm with might;</div><div class="po2">Strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne;</div><div class="po2">Mercy and truth go before Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Happy is the people that know the joyful shout;</div><div class="po2">They walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In Thy name do they rejoice all the day;</div><div class="po2">And through Thy righteousness are they exalted.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For Thou art the glory of their strength;</div><div class="po2">And in Thy favour our horn is exalted.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For of the LORD is our shield;</div><div class="po2">And the Holy One of Israel is our king.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones,</div><div class="po2">And saidst: ‘I have laid help upon one that is mighty;</div><div class="po2">I have exalted one chosen out of the people.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I have found David My servant;</div><div class="po2">With My holy oil have I anointed him;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>With whom My hand shall be established;</div><div class="po2">Mine arm also shall strengthen him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The enemy shall not exact from him;</div><div class="po2">Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him,</div><div class="po2">And smite them that hate him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him;</div><div class="po2">And through My name shall his horn be exalted.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will set his hand also on the sea,</div><div class="po2">And his right hand on the rivers.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father,</div><div class="po2">My God, and the rock of my salvation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-27.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I also will appoint him first-born,</div><div class="po2">The highest of the kings of the earth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-28.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For ever will I keep for him My mercy,</div><div class="po2">And My covenant shall stand fast with him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>His seed also will I make to endure for ever,</div><div class="po2">And his throne as the days of heaven.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-30.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>If his children forsake My law,</div><div class="po2">And walk not in Mine ordinances;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-31.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If they profane My statutes,</div><div class="po2">And keep not My commandments;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-32.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,</div><div class="po2">And their iniquity with strokes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-33.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But My mercy will I not break off from him,</div><div class="po2">Nor will I be false to My faithfulness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>My covenant will I not profane,</div><div class="po2">Nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-35.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Once have I sworn by My holiness:</div><div class="po2">Surely I will not be false unto David;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>His seed shall endure for ever,</div><div class="po2">And his throne as the sun before Me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-37.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>It shall be established for ever as the moon;</div><div class="po2">And be stedfast as the witness in sky.’<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But Thou hast cast off and rejected,</div><div class="po2">Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-40.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Thou hast broken down all his fences;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-41.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>All that pass by the way spoil him;</div><div class="po2">He is become a taunt to his neighbours.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-42.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-43.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword,</div><div class="po2">And hast not made him to stand in the battle.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-44.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Thou hast made his brightness to cease,</div><div class="po2">And cast his throne down to the ground.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-45.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The days of his youth hast Thou shortened;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast covered him with shame.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever?</div><div class="po2">How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>O remember how short my time is;</div><div class="po2">For what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-48.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave?<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-49.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord,</div><div class="po2">Which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-50.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants;</div><div class="po2">How I do bear in my bosom [the taunt of] so many peoples;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-51.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">Wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-52.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD for evermore.</div><div class="po2">Amen, and Amen.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/88.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 88"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 88" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/90.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 90"><img 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