Psalms 89
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
1I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
2I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
3“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
5Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
5The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your 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.
6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
8LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
9For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm 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.
10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
11The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
12Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
12You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
14We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are 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.
17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
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18For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
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20I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
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21with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
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22No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
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23I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
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24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
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25I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
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26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
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27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
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29I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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30If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
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31if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;
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32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
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34I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
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35Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
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36His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
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37It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.
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38But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
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39You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
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40You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
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43Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
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44You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
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45You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
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46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
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47Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
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48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
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49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
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50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
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51With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
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52Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.
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