Maschil [or, giving instruction] of Ethan, the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, Mercy shall be -built up forever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
For who in the heaven can be compared unto Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty [or, of the elim] can be likened unto Jehovah?
El is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
O Jehovah Elohim of hosts, who is a strong Jah like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fullness thereof, thou hast founded them.
The north and south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they is shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
For Jehovah is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand so in the rivers.
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my El, and the rock of my salvation.
Also I will make him my firstborn, Gneliōn to [or, higher than] the kings of the earth.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy Messiah.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou host profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Thou host broken down all his hedges; thou host brought his strongholds to ruin.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and lust not made him to stand in the battle.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
The days of his youth host thou shortened: thou host covered him with shame. Selah.
How long, Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself forever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore host thou made all men in vain?
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Adonay, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth
Remember, Adonay, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thy Messiah.
Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
89:1, Joy in mercies of Jehovah and 2 in mercy; 3 and 4 (Jehovah speaks) "I have made a covenant with mine elect one; my oath is to my servant David: thy seed will I establish,"&c.; 5-14 (faith in the remnant replies) joy in him and his works; 15-18 thine a blessed people; 19-37 the covenant, its unalterableness and certainty in thee; 38-45 but experience and fact seem to say thou hast abhorred Messiah and made void the covenant and all seems lost. 46 How long, Jehovah, have thine enemies reproached the footsteps of thy Messiah,. 52 Praise.