Psalms 89:13-51 in English

¹³ Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶ In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

²¹ With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²² The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³ And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

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

²⁷ I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

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

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

⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

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

⁴³ Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴ Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

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

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

⁴⁷ Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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

⁵¹ Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.

¹⁴ We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

¹⁵ let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

¹⁶ And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.

¹⁷ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹ 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹ 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated concerning your servants.

¹⁴ We have been satisfied in the morning with your mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

¹⁵ let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

¹⁶ And look upon your servants, and upon your works; and guide their children.

¹⁷ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do you direct for us the works of our hands.

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

¹⁴ Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.

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

¹⁶ In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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

¹⁸ For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

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

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

²³ And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

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

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

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

²⁷ I also will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁹ Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

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

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

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

⁴³ Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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

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

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

⁴⁷ O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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

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

¹³ ◄You/Your arms► are very powerful; ◄you/your hands► are extremely strong.

¹⁴ ◄Your rule MTY over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always► treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing what you promised.

¹⁵ Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.

¹⁶ Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you MTY have done, and they praise you for being very good to them.

¹⁷ You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat MET our enemies.

¹⁸ Yahweh, you gave us the one who protects us MET; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.

¹⁹ Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.

²⁰ That man is David, the one who will serve me faithfully, and I anointed him with sacred olive oil to make him king.

²¹ I MTY will always strengthen him; with my power MTY I will make him strong.

²² His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.

²³ I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.

²⁴ I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat MET his enemies.

²⁵ I will cause ◄his kingdom/the area that he rules► to include all the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.

²⁶ He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects MET and saves me.’

²⁷ I will give him the rights/privileges that a man's firstborn son has MET; he will be the greatest king on the earth.

²⁸ I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement to bless him will last forever.

²⁹ I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.

³⁰ But, if some of his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,

³¹ if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,

³² I will punish them severely MTY and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.

³³ But I will not stop faithfully loving David, and I will always do what I promised him.

³⁴ I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke to him.

³⁵ Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.

³⁶ I promised that the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun shines.

³⁷ That line will ◄be as permanent/last as long► as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.

³⁸ But Yahweh, now you have rejected DOU David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.

³⁹ It seems that you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, David; it seems as though you have signaled hat he is no longer the king by throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.

⁴⁰ You have torn down the walls that protect his city, and allowed all his forts to become ruins.

⁴¹ All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors ◄laugh at/ridicule► him.

⁴² You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.

⁴³ You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.

⁴⁴ You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.

⁴⁶ O Yahweh, how long will this continue? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?

⁴⁷ Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?

⁴⁸ No one can RHQ keep on living and never die; ◄No one can RHQ avoid going/Everyone will go► to the place of the dead.

⁴⁹ Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!

⁵⁰ Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! ◄Heathen people/People who do not know you► curse me!

⁵¹ Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated concerning your servants.

¹⁴ We have been satisfied in the morning with your mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

¹⁵ let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

¹⁶ And look upon your servants, and upon your works; and guide their children.

¹⁷ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do you direct for us the works of our hands.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favour, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendour, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.

¹⁴ The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.

¹⁵ Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

¹⁶ In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

¹⁸ For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

¹⁹ Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

²⁰ I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

²¹ My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.

²² The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

²³ I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

²⁴ But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

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

²⁶ He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

²⁷ And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

²⁹ His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

³⁰ If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

³¹ If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

³² Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

³³ But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

³⁴ I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

³⁵ I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³⁶ His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

³⁸ But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

³⁹ You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

⁴⁰ All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

⁴¹ All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

⁴² You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

⁴³ His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

⁴⁴ You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

⁴⁵ You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)

⁴⁶ How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

⁴⁷ See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

⁴⁸ What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

⁵⁰ Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

⁵¹ The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

¹³ Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

¹⁴ Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶ In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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

¹⁸ For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

¹⁹ Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

²¹ With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

²² No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

²³ But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

²⁴ And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

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

²⁷ And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

²⁹ And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

³¹ If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

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

³³ Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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

³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

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

³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

³⁸ But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

³⁹ Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

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

⁴¹ All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴² Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

⁴³ Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

⁴⁴ Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

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

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

⁴⁷ Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

⁴⁸ What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples —

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

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

¹⁴ We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.

¹⁵ We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.

¹⁶ Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.

¹⁷ And 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.

¹³ Your arm is powerful. Your hand is strong. Your right hand is held up high in command.

¹⁴ Your character of goodness and fairness is the basis for the way you rule; dependable love and trustworthiness are always with you.

¹⁵ How happy are those who know how to shout your praises, Lord. They live in the light of your presence.

¹⁶ They celebrate the person you are all day long, so glad that you do what's right.

¹⁷ They rely on you, their glory and strength; by your grace you lift us up.

¹⁸ Yes, the Lord is the one who shields us, and our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision to your faithful servant and said, “I have given strength to the warrior I have chosen from the people to become king.

²⁰ I have selected David my servant, and I have anointed him with the oil of my holiness.

²¹ I have placed my hand on him to steady him; and I have made him strong by my powerful arm.

²² His enemies will not deceive him; the wicked will not bring him down.

²³ I will wipe out his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

²⁴ My trustworthiness and unfailing love will be with him, and through me he will be victorious.

²⁵ I will extend his rule from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.

²⁶ He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

²⁷ I will also make him my first-born son, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will love him faithfully forever; my agreement with him shall never come to an end.

²⁹ I will make sure his royal line lasts forever; his dynasty will continue as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰ But if his descendants abandon my laws, if they do not follow my rules,

³¹ if they break my decrees, and do not keep my commandments,

³² I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a rod, and their sin by lashing them with a whip.

³³ However, I will not take away my love from him; I will not break my promise to him.

³⁴ I will not annul the agreement I have with him; I will not alter a single word I've said.

³⁵ By my holy character I have made a vow to David that I will not lie to him.

³⁶ His royal line will last forever, and his dynasty will continue before me as long as the sun endures.

³⁷ It will continue forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the heavens.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and abandoned him! You are angry with your chosen king!

³⁹ You have broken the agreement you had with him; you have thrown his crown to the ground!

⁴⁰ You have torn down his defensive walls; you have ruined his fortresses.

⁴¹ Everyone who passes by has robbed him; he has become an object of mockery to the nations nearby.

⁴² You have made his enemies strong; you have made them celebrate their victory.

⁴³ You have repelled his sharp sword; you have not helped him in battle.

⁴⁴ You took away his glory; you threw his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have made him grow old before his time; you have totally humiliated him. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself from us forever, your anger burning like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember me—my life is so short! Why did you bother creating futile humanity?

⁴⁸ There's no one who doesn't die—no one can save themselves from the power of the grave. Selah.

⁴⁹ Where is the trustworthy love you used to have, Lord, that you faithfully promised to David?

⁵⁰ Don't forget, Lord, how your servants are being humiliated! I'm burdened down with the insults of so many nations!

⁵¹ Your enemies taunt me, Lord, mocking your king wherever he goes.

¹³ Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴ Righteousnesse and equitie are the stablishment of thy throne: mercy and trueth goe before thy face.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord.

¹⁶ They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength, and by thy fauour our hornes shall be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield apperteineth to the Lord, and our King to the holy one of Israel.

¹⁹ Thou spakest then in a vision vnto thine Holy one, and saydest, I haue layde helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰ I haue found Dauid my seruant: with mine holy oyle haue I anoynted him.

²¹ Therefore mine hande shall be established with him, and mine arme shall strengthen him.

²² The enemie shall not oppresse him, neither shall the wicked hurt him.

²³ But I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

²⁴ My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him, and in my Name shall his horne be exalted.

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

²⁶ He shall cry vnto mee, Thou art my Father, my God and the rocke of my saluation.

²⁷ Also I wil make him my first borne, higher then the Kings of the earth.

²⁸ My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.

²⁹ His seede also will I make to endure for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen.

³⁰ But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:

³¹ If they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:

³² Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with strokes.

³³ Yet my louing kindnesse will I not take from him, neither will I falsifie my trueth.

³⁴ My couenant wil I not breake, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵ I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,

³⁶ His seede shall endure for euer, and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.

³⁷ He shalbe established for euermore as the moone, and as a faythfull witnes in the heauen. Selah.

³⁸ But thou hast reiected and abhorred, thou hast bene angry with thine Anoynted.

³⁹ Thou hast broken the couenant of thy seruant, and profaned his crowne, casting it on the ground.

⁴⁰ Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.

⁴¹ All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.

⁴² Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies, and made all his aduersaries to reioyce.

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

⁴⁴ Thou hast caused his dignitie to decay, and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ Lord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

⁴⁸ What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people.

⁵¹ For thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lord, because they haue reproched the footesteps of thine Anointed.

¹³ (89-14) Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.

¹⁴ (89-15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.

¹⁵ (89-16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.

¹⁶ (89-17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.

¹⁷ (89-18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.

¹⁸ (89-19) For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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.

²⁰ (89-21) I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him;

²¹ (89-22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²² (89-23) The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³ (89-24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

²⁴ (89-25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ (89-26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶ (89-27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷ (89-28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ (89-29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹ (89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ (89-31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;

³¹ (89-32) If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;

³² (89-33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.

³³ (89-34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.

³⁴ (89-35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.

³⁵ (89-36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;

³⁶ (89-37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

³⁷ (89-38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah

³⁸ (89-39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.

³⁹ (89-40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

⁴⁰ (89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ (89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.

⁴² (89-43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³ (89-44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴ (89-45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ (89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ (89-47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ (89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!

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

⁴⁹ (89-50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?

⁵⁰ (89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;

⁵¹ (89-52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁸ For the Lord is our defence; And the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹ 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹³ (89:14) Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.

¹⁴ (89:15) Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence.

¹⁵ (89:16) Happy is the people that know the cornet's sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.

¹⁶ (89:17) In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted.

¹⁷ (89:18) For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted.

¹⁸ (89:19) For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹ (89:20) Then spokest thou in a vision to thy pious servant, and saidst, “I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth out of the people;

²⁰ (89:21) I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;

²¹ (89:22) With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;

²² (89:23) The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:

²³ (89:24) And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.

²⁴ (89:25) But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ (89:26) And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand.

²⁶ (89:27) He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷ (89:28) Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth.

²⁸ (89:29) For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.

²⁹ (89:30) And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ (89:31) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;

³¹ (89:32) If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

³² (89:33) Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity.

³³ (89:34) Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness.

³⁴ (89:35) I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.

³⁵ (89:36) One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David.

³⁶ (89:37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

³⁷ (89:38) Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ (89:39) And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.

³⁹ (89:40) Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown.

⁴⁰ (89:41) Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror.

⁴¹ (89:42) All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² (89:43) Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³ (89:44) Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.

⁴⁴ (89:45) Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground.

⁴⁵ (89:46) Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ (89:47) How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?

⁴⁷ (89:48) Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!

⁴⁸ (89:49) What man is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? Selah.

⁴⁹ (89:50) Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth?

⁵⁰ (89:51) Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many nations;

⁵¹ (89:52) That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed.

¹³ Return, O Lord, how long? And be entreated concerning thy servants.

¹⁴ We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; And we did exult and rejoice:

¹⁵ Let us rejoice in all our days, In return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, The years wherein we saw evil.

¹⁶ And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; And guide their children.

¹⁷ And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: And do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

¹³ Thine is a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high thy right hand.

¹⁴ Justice and equity are the foundation of thy throne; Mercy and truth go before thy face.

¹⁵ Happy the people that know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O LORD! in the light of thy countenance;

¹⁶ In thy name they daily rejoice, And in thy righteousness they glory!

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength; Yea, through thy favor our horn exalteth itself!

¹⁸ For from Jehovah is our shield, And from the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹ Once thou spakest in a vision to thy holy one, And saidst,—”I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people;

²⁰ I have found David, my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him.

²¹ With him shall my hand be established, And my arm shall strengthen him.

²² The enemy shall not have power over him, Nor shall the unrighteous man oppress him.

²³ For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.

²⁴ My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him, And through my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵ I will extend his hand to the sea, And his right hand to the rivers.

²⁶ He shall say to me, 'Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'

²⁷ I will also make him my first-born, Highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ My mercy I will continue to him for ever; My covenant with him shall be steadfast.

²⁹ I will make his family to endure for ever; And his throne shall be as lasting as the heavens.

³⁰ Should his children forsake my law, And walk not in my statutes,

³¹ Should they break my commandments, And observe not my precepts,

³² I will punish their transgressions with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But my kindness will I not withdraw from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what hath gone from my lips.

³⁵ Once have I sworn in my holiness, That I will not be false unto David.

³⁶ His family shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷ It shall be established for ever like the moon; Like the faithful witness in the sky.”

³⁸ But now thou forsakest and abhorrest, And art angry with, thine anointed.

³⁹ Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; Thou hast cast his crown to the ground.

⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

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

⁴³ Yea, thou hast turned the edge of his sword, And made him unable to stand in battle.

⁴⁴ Thou hast brought his glory to an end, And hast cast down his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ Thou hast shortened the days of his youth; Thou hast covered him with shame.

⁴⁶ How long, O LORD! wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thine anger burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

⁴⁸ What man liveth, and seeth not death? Who can deliver himself from the underworld?

⁴⁹ Where, Lord, is thy former loving-kindness Which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

⁵¹ With which thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD! With which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed!

¹³ You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.

¹⁴ Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.

¹⁵ Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.

¹⁶ They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.

¹⁷ For you are our strength and our pride. Your favour will lift us to honour.

¹⁸ For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.

¹⁹ In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people

²⁰ “I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.

²¹ My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.

²² “No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;

²³ but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.

²⁴ “My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honour.

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

²⁶ “As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’

²⁷ And I will make him my first-born, highest of kings on the earth.

²⁸ “My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.

²⁹ His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰ “If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;

³¹ if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;

³² “I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.

³³ But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.

³⁴ “I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.

³⁵ Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,

³⁶ “that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,

³⁷ firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.

³⁹ You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.

⁴¹ All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbours is he now.

⁴² You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.

⁴³ You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.

⁴⁴ The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?

⁴⁷ Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.

⁴⁸ Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations

⁵¹ The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.

¹³ You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.

¹⁴ Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.

¹⁵ Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.

¹⁶ They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.

¹⁷ For you are our strength and our pride. Your favor will lift us to honor.

¹⁸ For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.

¹⁹ In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people

²⁰ “I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.

²¹ My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.

²² “No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;

²³ but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.

²⁴ “My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honor.

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

²⁶ “As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’

²⁷ And I will make him my first-born, highest of kings on the earth.

²⁸ “My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.

²⁹ His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰ “If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;

³¹ if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;

³² “I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.

³³ But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.

³⁴ “I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.

³⁵ Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,

³⁶ “that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,

³⁷ firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.

³⁹ You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.

⁴¹ All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbors is he now.

⁴² You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.

⁴³ You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.

⁴⁴ The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?

⁴⁷ Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.

⁴⁸ Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations

⁵¹ The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and mishpat ·justice· are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Adonai .

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Adonai ; our king to the haKadosh Isra'el the Holy One of God prevails.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David Beloved, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my cheshed ·loving-kindness· will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my yishu'ah ·salvation·!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my cheshed ·loving-kindness· for him forever more. My covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my Torah ·Teaching·, and don’t walk in my judgments;

³¹ if they break my regulations, and don’t keep my mitzvot ·instructions·;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my cheshed ·loving-kindness· from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David Beloved.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

⁴⁶ How long, Adonai ? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol ·Place of the dead·? Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former cheshed ·loving-kindnesses·, which you swore to David Beloved in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Adonai , with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.

¹⁶ They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.

¹⁷ You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones; you said, “I have set a crown on a mighty one.” I have raised up one chosen from among the people.

²⁰ I have chosen David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

²¹ My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.

²² No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.

²³ I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.

²⁴ My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.

²⁵ I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.

²⁶ He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

²⁷ I also will place him as my firstborn son, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever; and my covenant with him will be secure.

²⁹ I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my regulations,

³¹ if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,

³² then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.

³³ But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.

³⁵ Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:

³⁶ his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have desecrated his crown on the ground.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.

⁴¹ All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.

⁴² You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.

⁴⁴ You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Oh, think about how short my time is, and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!

⁴⁸ Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?

⁵⁰ Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.

⁵¹ Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favour, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then 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.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendour, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹ Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁷ Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴⁹ LORD, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

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

⁵¹ With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my Torah, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favour, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ If his children forsake my Torah, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendour, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

¹³ thine arm with power. Thine hand be made steadfast, and thy right hand be enhanced;

¹⁴ rightfulness or rightwiseness and doom is the making ready of thy seat. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face;

¹⁵ blessed is the people that know a hearty song. Lord, they shall go in the light of thy cheer;

¹⁶ and in thy name they shall make full out joy all day; and they shall be enhanced in thy rightfulness or right-wiseness.

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of the virtue of them; and in thy good pleasance our horn shall be enhanced.

¹⁸ For our taking up is of the Lord; and of the Holy of Israel our king.

¹⁹ Then thou spakest in revelation to thy saints, and saidest, I have set or put help in the mighty; and I have enhanced the chosen man of my people.

²⁰ I found David, my servant; I anointed him with mine holy oil.

²¹ For mine hand shall help him; and mine arm shall confirm him.

²² The enemy shall nothing profit in him; and the son of wickedness shall not lay to or put to, for to annoy him.

²³ And I shall slay his enemies from his face; and I shall turn into flight them that hate him.

²⁴ And my truth and mercy shall be with him; and his horn shall be enhanced in my name.

²⁵ And I shall set or put his hand in the sea; and his right hand in floods.

²⁶ He shall inwardly call me, Thou art my father; my God, and the up-taker of mine health.

²⁷ And I shall set him the first be-gotten son; higher than the kings of earth.

²⁸ Without end I shall keep my mercy to him; and my testament faithful to him.

²⁹ And I shall set his seed into the world of world; and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰ Forsooth if his sons forsake my law; and go not in my dooms.

³¹ If they make unholy my rightful-nesses; and keep not my command-ments.

³² I shall visit in a rod the wicked-nesses of them; and in beatings the sins of them.

³³ But I shall not scatter my mercy from him; and in my truth I shall not annoy him.

³⁴ Neither I shall make unholy my testament; and I shall not make void those things that come forth of my lips.

³⁵ Once I swore in mine holiness, I shall not lie to David;

³⁶ his seed shall dwell without end. And his throne as the sun in my sight,

³⁷ and as a perfect moon without end; and a faithful witness in heaven.

³⁸ But thou hast put away, and despised; and hast delayed thy christ.

³⁹ Thou hast turned away the testa-ment of thy servant; thou madest unholy his saintuary in earth.

⁴⁰ Thou destroyedest all the hedges thereof; thou hast set the steadfastness thereof into dread.

⁴¹ All men passing by the way ravished him; he is made a shame to his neighbours.

⁴² Thou hast enhanced the right hand of men oppressing him; thou hast gladdened all his enemies.

⁴³ Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and thou helpedest not him in battle.

⁴⁴ Thou destroyedest him from cleansing; and thou hast hurled down his seat in the earth.

⁴⁵ Thou hast made less the days of his time; thou hast beshed him with shame.

⁴⁶ Lord, how long turnest thou away, into the end; shall thine ire burn out as fire?

⁴⁷ Bethink thou what is my substance; for whether thou hast ordained vainly all the sons of men?

⁴⁸ Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

⁴⁹ Lord, where be thine eld or old mercies; as thou hast sworn to David in thy truth?

⁵⁰ Lord, be thou mindful of the shame of thy servants; of the insults of many heathen men, which I held together in my bosom.

⁵¹ Which thine enemies, Lord, did shamefully; for they despised the changing of thy christ.

¹³ thine arm with power. Thine hand be made steadfast, and thy right hand be enhanced; (Thy arm hath power; let thy hand be made firm, and thy right hand be lifted high.)

¹⁴ rightfulness and doom is the making ready of thy seat. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face; (Righteousness and judgement be the foundations of thy throne; love and faithfulness go forth before thee.)

¹⁵ blessed is the people that know (a) hearty song. Lord, they shall go in the light of thy cheer; (Happy be the people who know a hearty song; Lord, they shall go forth by the light of thy face.)

¹⁶ and in thy name they shall make full out joy all day; and they shall be enhanced in thy rightfulness. (And in thy name, they shall make full out joy, or shall rejoice, all day long; and they shall be exalted, or shall be lifted up, by thy righteousness.)

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of the virtue of them; and in thy good pleasance our horn shall be enhanced. (For thou art the glory of their strength or For thou art the strength in which they have glory; and in thy good favour our horn shall be exalted.)

¹⁸ For our taking up is of the Lord; and of the holy of Israel our king. (For the Lord is our defender; yea, the Holy One of Israel is our King.)

¹⁹ Then thou spakest in revelation to thy saints, and saidest, I have set help in the mighty (man); and I have enhanced the chosen man of my people. (Then thou spokest in revelation to thy saints, and saidest, I have given help to the mighty man; yea, I have exalted, or lifted up, the chosen man of my people.)

²⁰ I found David, my servant; I anointed him with mine holy oil. (I found my servant David; and I anointed him with my holy oil.)

²¹ For mine hand shall help him; and mine arm shall confirm him. (For my hand shall help him; and my arm, or my power, shall strengthen him.)

²² The enemy shall nothing profit in him (or The enemy shall not gain any advantage over him); and the son of wickedness shall not lay to or shall not put to, for to harm him.

²³ And I shall slay his enemies from his face; and I shall turn into flight them that hate him. (And I shall kill all his enemies before his face; and I shall turn to flight, or make to flee, those who hate him.)

²⁴ And my truth and mercy shall be with him; and his horn shall be enhanced in my name. (And my faithfulness and love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted or his head shall be lifted up on high.)

²⁵ And I shall set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in floods. (And I shall extend his power unto the Mediterranean Sea; and his right hand unto the Euphrates River.)

²⁶ He shall inwardly call me, (saying), Thou art my father; my God, and the up-taker of mine health. (And he shall say to me, Thou art my father; yea, my God, and my defender, my saviour.)

²⁷ And I shall set him the first begotten son; higher than the kings of earth. (And I shall make him my first-born son; higher than all the kings of the earth.)

²⁸ Into Without end I shall keep my mercy to him; and my testament faithful to him. (I shall hold onto my love for him forever; and faithfully keep my covenant with him.)

²⁹ And I shall set his seed into the world of world; and his throne as the days of heaven. (And I shall establish his descendants forever and ever; and his throne for as long as the days of the heavens, that is, for as long as the heavenly bodies endure.)

³⁰ Forsooth if his sons forsake my law; and go not in my dooms. (But if his sons abandon my Law; and do not go in my judgements.)

³¹ If they make unholy my rightfulnesses; and keep not my commandments. (If they break my statutes; and do not obey my commandments.)

³² I shall visit in a rod the wickednesses of them; and in beatings the sins of them. (Then I shall punish their wickednesses with a rod; and their sins with beatings.)

³³ But I shall not scatter my mercy from him; and in my truth I shall not harm him. (But I shall not take away my love from him; and I shall be faithful to him.)

³⁴ Neither I shall make unholy my testament; and I shall not make void those things that come forth of my lips. (Nor shall I break my covenant; and I shall not make void those things which come forth from my lips, that is, I shall not break my promises.)

³⁵ Once I swore in mine holiness, I shall not lie to David; (Once I swore by my holiness, that I would never lie to David;)

³⁶ his seed shall dwell into without end. And his throne as the sun in my sight, (his children, that is, his descendants, shall live forever. And his throne shall be before me like the sun,)

³⁷ and as a perfect moon without end; and a faithful witness in heaven. (and like the moon, which shall endure forever; yea, like a faithful witness in the heavens.)

³⁸ But thou hast put away, and despised; and hast delayed thy christ. (But thou hast rejected, and despised, and hast raged against thy anointed king.)

³⁹ Thou hast turned away the testament of thy servant; thou madest unholy his saintuary in earth. (Thou hast made void the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown, and hast thrown it to the ground.)

⁴⁰ Thou destroyedest all the hedges thereof; thou hast set the steadfastness thereof (into) dread (or thou hast brought down his strongholds, or his fortresses, into ruin).

⁴¹ All men passing by the way ravished him; he is made (a) shame to his neighbours. (All who pass by him, on the way, rob him; he is shamed by his neighbours.)

⁴² Thou hast enhanced the right hand of men oppressing him; thou hast gladdened all his enemies.

⁴³ Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and thou helpedest not him in battle. (Thou hast turned away the help from his sword; and thou hast not helped him in the battle.)

⁴⁴ Thou destroyedest him from cleansing; and thou hast hurled down his seat in earth. (Thou hast destroyed his purity; and thou hast thrown down his throne to the ground.)

⁴⁵ Thou hast made less the days of his time; thou hast beshed him with shame. (Thou hast lessened the days of his time; thou hast covered him with shame.)

⁴⁶ Lord, how long turnest thou away, into the end; shall thine ire burn out as fire? (Lord, how long turnest thou away, forever? shall thy anger always burn like fire?)

⁴⁷ Bethink thou what is my substance; for whether thou hast ordained vainly all the sons of men? (Remember thou what my substance is or how short my time is; hast thou ordained all the sons and daughters of men in vain?)

⁴⁸ Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall (he) deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (What man shall live, and shall not see death? can he save his soul from the power of Sheol, or the land of the dead? or from the power of the grave?)

⁴⁹ Lord, where be thine eld mercies; as thou hast sworn to David in thy truth? (Lord, where be the former acts, or the earlier proofs, of thy constant love? yea, those promises that thou hast sworn to David in thy faithfulness?)

⁵⁰ Lord, be thou mindful of the shame of thy servants; (of the curses) of many heathen men, which I held together in my bosom. (Lord, remember thy servant’s shame; remember the curses of many of the heathen, which I carried in my heart.)

⁵¹ Which thine enemies, Lord, did shamefully; for they despised the changing of thy christ. (Which thy enemies, Lord, spoke shamefully to me; for they despised the footsteps of thy anointed king or for they despised the successors of thy anointed king.)

¹³ Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.

¹⁴ Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

¹⁵ O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

¹⁶ In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

¹⁷ For the beauty of their strength art Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

¹⁸ For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

¹⁹ Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

²⁰ I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

²¹ With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.

²² An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

²³ And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

²⁴ And My faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

²⁵ And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

²⁶ He proclaimeth me: 'Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

²⁷ I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant is stedfast with him.

²⁹ And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

³⁰ If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

³¹ If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

³² I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

³³ And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴ I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

³⁶ His seed is to the age, And his throne is as the sun before Me,

³⁷ As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.

³⁸ And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

³⁹ Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

⁴¹ Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

⁴² Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³ Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

⁴⁴ Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

⁴⁵ Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

⁴⁷ Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

⁴⁸ Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

⁴⁹ Where are Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

⁵¹ Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.