Psalms 89
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
1(89-1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89-2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
2(89-3) For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
3(89-4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
4(89-5) For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah
5Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
5(89-6) So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
6(89-7) For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,
7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
7(89-8) A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
8(89-9) O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
9For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
9(89-10) Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
10The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
10(89-11) Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.
11Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
11(89-12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
12Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
12(89-13) The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
13Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
13(89-14) Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.
14We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
14(89-15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.
15We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
15(89-16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
16Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
16(89-17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.
17And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
17(89-18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
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18(89-19) For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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19(89-20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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20(89-21) I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him;
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21(89-22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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22(89-23) The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23(89-24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
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24(89-25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
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25(89-26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
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26(89-27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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27(89-28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28(89-29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.
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29(89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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30(89-31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;
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31(89-32) If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;
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32(89-33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
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33(89-34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
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34(89-35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
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35(89-36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;
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36(89-37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.
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37(89-38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah
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38(89-39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
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39(89-40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
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40(89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41(89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
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42(89-43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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43(89-44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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44(89-45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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45(89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
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46(89-47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
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47(89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
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48(89-49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah
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49(89-50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?
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50(89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
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51(89-52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
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52(89-53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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