Psalm 89–90

PSALM 89

Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever

A ^†Maskil of ^•Ethan ^{^}the Ezrahite.

¹I will ^asing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever;

From generation to generation I will ^bmake known Your ^cfaithfulness with my mouth.

²For I have said, “^aLovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your ^bfaithfulness.”

³“I have cut a covenant with ^aMy chosen;

I have ^bsworn to David My ¹servant,

⁴I will establish your ^aseed forever

And build up your ^bthrone from generation to generation.” ¹Selah.

⁵The ^aheavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;

Your faithfulness also ^bin the assembly of the ^choly ones.

⁶For ^awho in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?

Who among the ^1bsons of the mighty is like Yahweh,

⁷A God ^agreatly dreaded in the council of the ^bholy ones,

And ^1cfearsome above all those who are around Him?

⁸O Yahweh God of hosts, ^awho is like You, O mighty Yah?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You ^astill them.

¹⁰You Yourself crushed ^1aRahab like one who is slain;

You ^bscattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.

¹¹The ^aheavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The ^bworld and its fullness, You have founded them.

¹²The ^anorth and the south, You have created them;

^bTabor and ^cHermon ^dsing with joy at Your name.

¹³You have a mighty arm;

Your hand is strong, Your ^aright hand is exalted.

^14aRighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

^bLovingkindness and ¹truth go before You.

¹⁵How blessed are the people who know the ^aloud shout of joy!

O Yahweh, they walk in the ^blight of Your face.

¹⁶In ^aYour name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷For You are the beauty of ^atheir strength,

And by Your favor ¹our ^bhorn is exalted.

¹⁸For our ^ashield belongs to Yahweh,

¹And our king to the ^bHoly One of Israel.

¹⁹Formerly You spoke in vision to Your ¹holy ²ones,

And said, “I have bestowed help to a ^amighty one;

I have exalted one ^bchosen from the people.

²⁰“I have ^afound David My ¹servant;

With My holy ^boil I have anointed him,

²¹With whom ^aMy hand will be established;

My arm also will ^bstrengthen him.

²²“The enemy will not ¹deceive him,

Nor the ^2ason of unrighteousness afflict him.

²³“But I shall ^acrush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

²⁴“My ^afaithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,

And in My name his ^bhorn will be exalted.

²⁵“I shall also set his hand ^aon the sea

And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶“He will call to Me, ‘You are ^amy Father,

My God, and the ^brock of my salvation.’

²⁷“I also shall make him My ^afirstborn,

The ^bhighest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸“My ^alovingkindness I will keep for him forever,

And My ^bcovenant shall be confirmed to him.

²⁹“So I will set up his ^aseed to endure forever

And his ^bthrone ^cas the days of heaven.

³⁰“If his sons ^aforsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹If they profane My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their transgression with the ^arod

And their iniquity with striking.

³³“But I will not break off ^aMy lovingkindness from him,

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴“My ^acovenant I will not profane,

Nor will I ^balter what comes forth from My lips.

³⁵“¹Once I have ^asworn by My holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶“His ^aseed shall endure forever

And his ^bthrone ^cas the sun before Me.

³⁷“It shall be established forever ^alike the moon,

And the ^bwitness in the sky is faithful.” ¹Selah.

³⁸But You have ^acast off and ^brejected,

You have been full of wrath ¹against Your ^canointed.

³⁹You have ^aspurned the covenant of Your ¹slave;

You have ^bprofaned ^chis crown to the ground.

⁴⁰You have ^abroken down all his walls;

You have ^bbeset his strongholds with ruin.

^41aAll who pass along the way plunder him;

He has become a ^breproach to his neighbors.

⁴²You have ^aexalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have ^bmade all his enemies be glad.

⁴³You also turn back the edge of his sword

And have ^anot made him arise in battle.

⁴⁴You have made his ^1asplendor to cease

And cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have ^ashortened the days of his youth;

You have ^bwrapped him up with shame. Selah.

^46aHow long, O Yahweh?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your ^bwrath burn like fire?

^47aRemember ¹what my span of life is;

For what ^bvanity ²You have created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸What man can live and not ^asee death?

Can he ^bprovide his soul escape from the ¹power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,

Which You ^aswore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the ^areproach of Your ¹slaves;

²How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

⁵¹With which ^aYour enemies have reproached, O Yahweh,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of ^bYour anointed.

^52aBlessed be Yahweh forever!

Amen and Amen.

BOOK 4

PSALM 90

From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God

A Prayer of ^†Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our ^1adwelling place from generation to generation.

²Before ^athe mountains were born

¹Or You ^bbrought forth the earth and the world,

Even ^cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You ^aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O sons of men.”

⁴For ^aa thousand years in Your sight

Are like ^byesterday when it passes by,

¹Or as a ^cwatch in the night.

⁵You ^ahave ¹swept them away like a flood, they ^2bfall asleep;

In the morning they are like ^cgrass which ³sprouts anew.

⁶In the morning it ^ablossoms and ¹sprouts anew;

Toward evening it ^bwithers away and ^cdries up.

⁷For we have been ^aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been ¹dismayed.

⁸You have ^aset our iniquities before You,

Our ^bsecret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For ^aall our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a ¹sigh.

¹⁰As for the days of our ¹life, ²they contain seventy years,

Or if due to might, ^aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but ^blabor and wickedness;

For soon it is gone and we ^cfly away.

¹¹Who knows the ^apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the ^bfear ¹that is due You?

¹²¹So ^ateach us to number our days,

That we may ^2bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

^13aReturn, O Yahweh; ^bhow long will it be?

And ¹be ^csorry for Your slaves.

¹⁴O ^asatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,

That we may ^bsing for joy and be glad all our days.

^15aMake us glad ¹according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the ^byears we have seen ²evil.

¹⁶Let Your ^awork appear to Your slaves

And Your ^bmajesty ¹to their sons.

¹⁷Let the ^afavor of the Lord our God be upon us;

And ^bestablish for us the work of our hands;

Establish the work of our hands.