Psalm 89 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Psalm 89 ►

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1A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.

2For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

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

3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant.

4‘Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah

4"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude

5And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

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

6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings?

7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

8O LORD God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

9You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.

9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.

10You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.

11The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.

11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them.

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

12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

13You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you.

15Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.

15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.

16In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice.

17For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.

17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power.

18For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

19You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

20I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

21With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.

21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.

22The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.

23I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.

23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.

24“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.

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

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

26He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.

29His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

30“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

31If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,

32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

33Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

34My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

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

35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

36His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me;

36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.

37It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude

38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.

38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.

39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground.

40You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.

41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.

43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.

43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

44You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.

45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah

45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude

46How long, LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?

46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?

47Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?

47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!

48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah

48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

49Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?

49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants— How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,

51With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

52Blessed be the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.

52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

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