Psalms 89 (88:1) A Psalm of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.

Brenton⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ ^(88:1) A Psalm of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations. ² ^(88:2) For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens. ³ ^(88:3) I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant. ⁴ ^(88:4) I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause. ⁵ ^(88:5) The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints. ⁶ ^(88:6) For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God? ⁷ ^(88:7) God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him. ⁸ ^(88:8) O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. ⁹ ^(88:9) Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves. ¹⁰ ^(88:10) Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies. ¹¹ ^(88:11) The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it. ¹² ^(88:12) Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. ¹³ ^(88:13) Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted. ¹⁴ ^(88:14) Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. ¹⁵ ^(88:15) Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. ¹⁶ ^(88:16) And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. ¹⁷ ^(88:17) For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted, ¹⁸ ^(88:18) for our help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king. ¹⁹ ^(88:19) Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people. ²⁰ ^(88:20) I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by my holy mercy. ²¹ ^(88:21) For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him. ²² ^(88:22) The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again. ²³ ^(88:23) And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him. ²⁴ ^(88:24) But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ ^(88:25) And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. ²⁶ ^(88:26) He shall call upon me, saying, Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation. ²⁷ ^(88:27) And I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. ²⁸ ^(88:28) I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall be firm with him. ²⁹ ^(88:29) And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ ^(88:30) If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; ³¹ ^(88:31) if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments; ³² ^(88:32) I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges. ³³ ^(88:33) But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth. ³⁴ ^(88:34) Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips. ³⁵ ^(88:35) Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David. ³⁶ ^(88:36) His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; ³⁷ ^(88:37) and as the moon that is established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause. ³⁸ ^(88:38) But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed. ³⁹ ^(88:39) Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground. ⁴⁰ ^(88:40) Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror. ⁴¹ ^(88:41) All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours. ⁴² ^(88:42) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³ ^(88:43) Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle. ⁴⁴ ^(88:44) Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵ ^(88:45) Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause. ⁴⁶ ^(88:46) How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire? ⁴⁷ ^(88:47) Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain? ⁴⁸ ^(88:48) What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause. ⁴⁹ ^(88:49) Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth? ⁵⁰ ^(88:50) Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations; ⁵¹ ^(88:51) wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed. ⁵² ^(88:52) Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.