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| The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| Book III |
| LXXXIX |
| Jehovah’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions |
| Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
| [1] | I WILL sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
| [2] | For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens. |
| [3] | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant: |
| [4] | Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah |
| [5] | And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| [6] | For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons 1 of the mighty 2 is like unto Jehovah, |
| [7] | A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him? |
| [8] | O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? 3 And thy faithfulness is round about thee. |
| [9] | Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. |
| [10] | Thou hast broken Rahab 4 in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. |
| [11] | The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
| [12] | The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. |
| [13] | Thou hast a 5 mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. |
| [14] | Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face. |
| [15] | Blessed is the people that know the joyful 6 sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. |
| [16] | In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted. |
| [17] | For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our 7 horn shall be exalted. |
| [18] | For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And 8 our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| [19] | Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, 9 And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
| [20] | I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: |
| [21] | With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
| [22] | The enemy shall not exact 10 from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
| [23] | And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. |
| [24] | But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
| [25] | I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. |
| [26] | He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. |
| [27] | I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. |
| [28] | My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand 11 fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. |
| [29] | If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; |
| [30] | If they break 12 my statutes, And keep not my commandments; |
| [31] | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. |
| [32] | But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
| [33] | My covenant will I not break, 13 Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
| [34] | Once 14 have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: |
| [35] | His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. |
| [36] | It 15 shall be established for ever as the moon, And 16 as the faithful witness in the sky. [Selah |
| [37] | But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. |
| [38] | Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. |
| [39] | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| [40] | All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors. |
| [41] | Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
| [42] | Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
| [43] | Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. |
| [44] | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah |
| [45] | How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire? |
| [46] | Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! |
| [47] | What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power 17 of Sheol? [Selah |
| [48] | Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? |
| [49] | Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty 18 peoples, |
| [50] | Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
| [51] | Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
| Note 1. Or, sons of God. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, gods. See Ps. 29. 1. [back] |
| Note 3. Heb. Jah. [back] |
| Note 4. Or, Egypt. [back] |
| Note 5. Heb. an arm with might. [back] |
| Note 6. Or, trumpet sound. [back] |
| Note 7. Another reading is, thou shalt exalt our horn. [back] |
| Note 8. Or, Even to the Holy One of Israel our King. [back] |
| Note 9. Or, as otherwise read, saint. [back] |
| Note 10. Or, do him violence. [back] |
| Note 11. Or, be faithful. [back] |
| Note 12. Heb. profane. [back] |
| Note 13. Heb. profane. [back] |
| Note 14. Or, One thing. [back] |
| Note 15. Or, As the moon which is established for ever. [back] |
| Note 16. Or, And the witness in the sky is faithful. [back] |
| Note 17. Heb. hand. [back] |
| Note 18. Or, many. [back] |
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