Psalms 89

1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

חַסְדֵי יְהוָה עֹולָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר ׀ אֹודִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִי׃ (1914)

2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי עֹולָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם ׀ תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶם׃ (2390)

3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

כָּרַתִּי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְדָוִד עַבְדִּי׃ (2464)

4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

עַד־עֹולָם אָכִין זַרְעֶךָ וּבָנִיתִי לְדֹר־וָדֹור כִּסְאֲךָ סֶלָה׃ (1722)

5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

וְיֹודוּ שָׁמַיִם פִּלְאֲךָ יְהוָה אַף־אֱמוּנָתְךָ בִּקְהַל קְדֹשִׁים׃ (1768)

6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

כִּי מִי בַשַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹךְ לַיהוָה יִדְמֶה לַיהוָה בִּבְנֵי אֵלִים ׃ (1106)

7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

אֵל נַעֲרָץ בְּסֹוד־קְדֹשִׁים רַבָּה וְנֹורָא עַל־כָּל־סְבִיבָיו׃ (1677)

8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

יְהוָה ׀ אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֹות מִי־כָמֹוךָ חֲסִין ׀ יָהּ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבֹותֶיךָ׃ (1883)

9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

אַתָּה מֹושֵׁל בְּגֵאוּת הַיָּם בְּשֹׂוא גַלָּיו אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵם׃ (2763)

10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

אַתָּה דִכִּאתָ כֶחָלָל רָהַב בִּזְרֹועַ עֻזְּךָ פִּזַּרְתָּ אֹויְבֶיךָ׃ (2244)

11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

לְךָ מַיִם אַף־לְךָ אָרֶץ תֵּבֵל וּמְלֹאָהּ אַתָּה יְסַדְתָּם׃ (1996)

12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

צָפֹון וְיָמִין אַתָּה בְרָאתָם תָּבֹור וְחֶרְמֹון בְּשִׁמְךָ יְרַנֵּנוּ׃ (2987)

13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

לְךָ זְרֹועַ עִם־גְּבוּרָה תָּעֹז יָדְךָ תָּרוּם יְמִינֶךָ׃ (1946)

14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכֹון כִּסְאֶךָ חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְקַדְּמוּ פָנֶיךָ׃ (1685)

15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם יֹודְעֵי תְרוּעָה יְהוָה בְּאֹור־פָּנֶיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּן׃ (1923)

16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

בְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִילוּן כָּל־הַיֹּום וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ יָרוּמוּ׃ (1466)

17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

כִּי־תִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמֹו אָתָּה וּבִרְצֹנְךָ [תָּרִים כ] (תָּרוּם ק) קַרְנֵנוּ׃ (3830)

18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

כִּי לַיהוָה מָגִנֵּנוּ וְלִקְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכֵּנוּ׃ (1368)

19Then 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.

אָז דִּבַּרְתָּ־בְחָזֹון לַחֲסִידֶיךָ וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁוִּיתִי עֵזֶר עַל־גִּבֹּור הֲרִימֹותִי בָחוּר מֵעָם׃ (3827)

20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו׃ (2211)

21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

אֲשֶׁר יָדִי תִּכֹּון עִמֹּו אַף־זְרֹועִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ׃ (2078)

22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

לֹא־יַשִּׁא אֹויֵב בֹּו וּבֶן־עַוְלָה לֹא יְעַנֶּנּוּ׃ (755)

23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

וְכַתֹּותִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו וּמְשַׂנְאָיו אֶגֹּוף׃ (1837)

24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

וֶאֶמוּנָתִי וְחַסְדִּי עִמֹּו וּבִשְׁמִי תָּרוּם קַרְנֹו׃ (2077)

25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

וְשַׂמְתִּי בַיָּם יָדֹו וּבַנְּהָרֹות יְמִינֹו׃ (1613)

26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

הוּא יִקְרָאֵנִי אָבִי אָתָּה אֵלִי וְצוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי׃ (1941)

27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

אַף־אָנִי בְּכֹור אֶתְּנֵהוּ עֶלְיֹון לְמַלְכֵי־אָרֶץ׃ (1419)

28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

לְעֹולָם [אֶשְׁמֹור־ כ] (אֶשְׁמָר־לֹו ק) חַסְדִּי וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לֹו׃ (2707)

29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

וְשַׂמְתִּי לָעַד זַרְעֹו וְכִסְאֹו כִּימֵי שָׁמָיִם׃ (1706)

30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

אִם־יַעַזְבוּ בָנָיו תֹּורָתִי וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא יֵלֵכוּן׃ (1814)

31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

אִם־חֻקֹּתַי יְחַלֵּלוּ וּמִצְוֹתַי לֹא יִשְׁמֹרוּ׃ (1782)

32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

וּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם וּבִנְגָעִים עֲוֹנָם׃ (1750)

33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

וְחַסְדִּי לֹא־אָפִיר מֵעִמֹּו וְלֹא־אֲשַׁקֵּר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִי׃ (1713)

34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

לֹא־אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי וּמֹוצָא פָתַי לֹא אֲשַׁנֶּה׃ (1742)

35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

אַחַת נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁי אִם־לְדָוִד אֲכַזֵּב׃ (1772)

36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

זַרְעֹו לְעֹולָם יִהְיֶה וְכִסְאֹו כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּי׃ (1309)

37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

כְּיָרֵחַ יִכֹּון עֹולָם וְעֵד בַּשַּׁחַק נֶאֱמָן סֶלָה׃ (1196)

38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶךָ׃ (2949)

39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

נֵאַרְתָּה בְּרִית עַבְדֶּךָ חִלַּלְתָּ לָאָרֶץ נִזְרֹו׃ (2416)

40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

פָּרַצְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָיו שַׂמְתָּ מִבְצָרָיו מְחִתָּה ׃ (2984)

41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

סֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ הָיָה חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנָיו׃ (1356)

42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

הֲרִימֹותָ יְמִין צָרָיו הִשְׂמַחְתָּ כָּל־אֹויְבָיו׃ (1915)

43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

אַף־תָּשִׁיב צוּר חַרְבֹּו וְלֹא הֲקֵימֹתֹו בַּמִּלְחָמָה׃ (2028)

44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

הִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטְּהָרֹו וְכִסְאֹו לָאָרֶץ מִגַּרְתָּה׃ (2029)

45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

הִקְצַרְתָּ יְמֵי עֲלוּמָיו הֶעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה סֶלָה׃ (2035)

46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

עַד־מָה יְהוָה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח תִּבְעַר כְּמֹו־אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶךָ׃ (2890)

47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

זְכָר־אֲנִי מֶה־חָלֶד עַל־מַהשָּׁ־וְא בָּרָאתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָם׃ (1587)

48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

מִי גֶבֶר יִחְיֶה וְלֹא יִרְאֶה־מָּוֶת יְמַלֵּט נַפְשֹׁו מִיַּד־שְׁאֹול סֶלָה׃ (1998)

49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

אַיֵּה ׀ חֲסָדֶיךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִים ׀ אֲדֹנָי נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לְדָוִד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶךָ׃ (2174)

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

זְכֹר אֲדֹנָי חֶרְפַּת עֲבָדֶיךָ שְׂאֵתִי בְחֵיקִי כָּל־רַבִּים עַמִּים׃ (2389)

51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אֹויְבֶיךָ ׀ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ עִקְּבֹות מְשִׁיחֶךָ׃ (2621)

52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה לְעֹולָם אָמֵן ׀ וְאָמֵן׃ (618)