89: 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
89: 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
89: 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations [Selah
89: 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
89: 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the 552sons of the 553mighty is like unto Jehovah.
552Or, sons of God is like unto Jehovah.
553Or, gods See Ps 29:1.
89: 7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all them that are round about him?
89: 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O 554Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
554Hb. Jah
89: 9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
89: 10 Thou hast broken 555Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
555Or, Egypt
89: 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
89: 12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
89: 13 Thou hast 556a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
556Hb. an arm with might;
89: 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
89: 15 Blessed is the people that know the 557joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
557Or, trumpet sound:
89: 16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.
89: 17 For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor 558our horn shall be exalted.
558Hbmg reads thou shalt exalt our horn.
89: 18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; 559And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
559Or, Even to the Holy One of Israel our King.
89: 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy 560saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
560Hbmg reads saint,
89: 20 I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:
89: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
89: 22 The enemy shall not 561exact from him, Nor 562the son of wickedness afflict him.
561Or, do him violence,
562That is, one schooled in wickedness
89: 23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
89: 24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
89: 25 I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
89: 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
89: 27 I also will make him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
89: 28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall 563stand fast with him.
563Or, be faithful to him.
89: 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
89: 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
89: 31 If they 564break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;
564Hb. profane my statutes,
89: 32 Then will I visit their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
89: 33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
89: 34 My covenant will I not 565break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
565Hb. profane,
89: 35 566Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
566Or, One thing have I sworn by my holiness:
89: 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
89: 37 567It shall be established for ever as the moon, 568And as the faithful witness in the sky. [Selah
567Or, As the moon which is established for ever,
568Or, And the witness in the sky is faithful.
89: 38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
89: 39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
89: 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
89: 41 All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
89: 42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
89: 43 Yes, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
89: 44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
89: 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah
89: 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?
89: 47 Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
89: 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the 569power of Sheol? [Selah
569Hb. hand
89: 49 570Jehovah, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
570Sopherim changed to Lord, Also in vs. 50.
89: 50 Remember, Jehovah, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,
89: 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
89: 52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. class=western align=center style=margin-left: 2.54mm> Book IV
