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Psalms 89
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
1 My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
2For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
2For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
3I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
3I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
4`Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
4I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
5and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also <FI>is<Fi> in an assembly of holy ones.
5In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
6For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
6For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
7God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
7God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
8O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who <FI>is<Fi> like Thee--a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness <FI>is<Fi> round about Thee.
8O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
9Thou <FI>art<Fi> ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
10Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
10Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
11Thine <FI>are<Fi> the heavens--the earth also <FI>is<Fi> Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
12North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
12You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
13Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand--high Thy right hand.
13Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
14Righteousness and judgment <FI>Are<Fi> the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
14The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
15O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
15Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
16In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
16In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
17For the beauty of their strength <FI>art<Fi> Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
17For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
18For of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
18For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
19Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
19Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
20I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
20I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
21With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
21My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
22An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
22The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
23And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
23I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
24And My faithfulness and kindness <FI>are<Fi> with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
24But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
25And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
25I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26He proclaimeth me: `Thou <FI>art<Fi> my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
26He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
27I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
27And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
28To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant <FI>is<Fi> stedfast with him.
28I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
29And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
29His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
30If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
30If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
31If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
31If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
32I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
32Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
33And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
33But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
34I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
34I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
35Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
35I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
36His seed is to the age, And his throne <FI>is<Fi> as the sun before Me,
36His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
37As the moon it is established--to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
37It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
38And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
38But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
39Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
39You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
40All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
41Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
42You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
43Also--Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
43His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
44Hast caused <FI>him<Fi> to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
44You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
45Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over <FI>with<Fi> shame. Selah.
45You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
46Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
46How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
47Remember, I pray Thee, what <FI>is<Fi> life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
48Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
49Where <FI>are<Fi> Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
50Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;