Noyes - Psalms - 89

89:1  I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations!

89:2  For I know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.

89:3  "I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn to David, my servant:

89:4  Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations." [Pause.]

89:5  The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD! And the assembly of the holy ones thy truth!

89:6  Who in the heavens can be compared to Jehovah? Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God?

89:7  A God greatly to be feared in the assembly of the holy ones, And to be had in reverence above all who are around him?

89:8  O Jehovah, God of hosts! Who is mighty like thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

89:9  Thou rulest the raging of the sea; When the waves thereof rise, thou stillest them!

89:10  Thou didst break Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter thine enemies with thy mighty arm.

89:11  The heavens are thine; thine also is the earth; The world and all that is therein, thou didst found them.

89:12  The North and the South were created by thee; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

89:13  Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.

89:14  Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.

89:15  Happy the people that know the trumpet’s sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;

89:16  In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!

89:17  For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!

89:18  For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is our king.

89:19  Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst,—"I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people;

89:20  I have found David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.

89:21  With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

89:22  The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

89:23  For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.

89:24  My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.

89:25  I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

89:26  He shall say to me, ‘Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!’

89:27  I will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.

89:28  My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

89:29  I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.

89:30  Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

89:31  Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

89:32  I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

89:33  But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

89:34  I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

89:35  Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

89:36  His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

89:37  It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky."

89:38  But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

89:39  Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

89:40  Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

89:41  All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

89:42  Thou hast lifted up the right hand of his enemies; Thou hast made all his adversaries to rejoice.

89:43  Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

89:44  Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.

89:45  Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.

89:46  How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?

89:47  Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

89:48  What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld?

89:49  Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

89:50  Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

89:51  With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!

89:52  Praised be Jehovah for ever! Amen, yea, amen!