Salmos 89

¹ A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrachite.(89:2)The kindnesses of the Lord will I for ever sing: from generation to generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.

²(89:3)For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens––yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

³(89:4)"I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant,

⁴(89:5)Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation." Selah.

⁵(89:6)And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones.

⁶(89:7)For who in the sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty?

⁷(89:8)God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear–inspiring over all that are about him.

⁸(89:9)O Lord God of hosts, who is powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.

⁹(89:10)Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them.

¹⁰(89:11)Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies.

¹¹(89:12)Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them.

¹²(89:13)The north and the south––these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name.

¹³(89:14)Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.

¹⁴(89:15)Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.

¹⁵(89:16)Happy is the people that know the cornet’s sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.

¹⁶(89:17)In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted.

¹⁷(89:18)For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted.

¹⁸(89:19)For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹(89:20)Then spokest thou in a vision to thy pious servant, and saidst, "I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth out of the people;

²⁰(89:21)I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;

²¹(89:22)With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;

²²(89:23)The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:

²³(89:24)And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.

²⁴(89:25)But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵(89:26)And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.

²⁶(89:27)He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷(89:28)Also I will appoint my first–born, the highest among the kings of the earth.

²⁸(89:29)For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.

²⁹(89:30)And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰(89:31)If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;

³¹(89:32)If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

³²(89:33)Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.

³³(89:34)Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.

³⁴(89:35)I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.

³⁵(89:36)One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David.

³⁶(89:37)His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

³⁷(89:38)Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky." Selah.

³⁸(89:39)And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.

³⁹(89:40)Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.

⁴⁰(89:41)Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong–holds to terror.

⁴¹(89:42)All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²(89:43)Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³(89:44)Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.

⁴⁴(89:45)Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.

⁴⁵(89:46)Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶(89:47)How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?

⁴⁷(89:48)Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!

⁴⁸(89:49)What man is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? Selah.

⁴⁹(89:50)Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?

⁵⁰(89:51)Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many nations;

⁵¹(89:52)That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.

⁵²(89:53)Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.