Psalms 89

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.	1 [Poem For Ethan the native-born] I shal sing the faithful love of Yahweh for ever, from age to age mylips shall declare your constancy,
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.	2 for you have said: love is built to last for ever, you have fixed your constancy firm in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,	3 'I have made a covenant with my Chosen One, sworn an oath to my servant David:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.	4 I have made your dynasty firm for ever, built your throne stable age after age.'Pause
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.	5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh, your constancy in the gathering of your faithful.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?	6 Who in the skies can compare with Yahweh? Who among the sons of god can rival him?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.	7 God, awesome in the assembly of holy ones, great and dreaded among al who surround him,
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?	8 Yahweh, God Sabaoth, who is like you? Mighty Yahweh, your constancy is al round you!
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.	9 You control the pride of the ocean, when its waves ride high you calm them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.	10 You split Rahab in two like a corpse, scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.	11 Yours are the heavens and yours the earth, the world and al it holds, you founded them;
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.	12 you created the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon hail your name with joy.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.	13 Yours is a strong arm, mighty your hand, your right hand raised high;
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.	14 Saving Justice and Fair Judgement the foundations of your throne, Faithful Love and Constancymarch before you.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.	15 How blessed the nation that learns to acclaim you! They will live, Yahweh, in the light of yourpresence.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.	16 In your name they rejoice al day long, by your saving justice they are raised up.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.	17 You are the flower of their strength, by your favour our strength is triumphant;
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.	18 for to Yahweh belongs our shield, to the Holy One of Israel 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.	19 Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful you said: 'I have given strength to a warrior, I have raisedup a man chosen from my people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:	20 'I have found David my servant, and anointed him with my holy oil.
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.	21 My hand wil always be with him, my arm wil make him strong.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.	22 'No enemy wil be able to outwit him, no wicked man overcome him;
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.	23 I shal crush his enemies before him, strike his opponents dead.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.	24 'My constancy and faithful love will be with him, in my name his strength wil be triumphant.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.	25 I shal establish his power over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.	26 'He wil cry to me, "You are my father, my God, the rock of my salvation!"
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.	27 So I shal make him my first-born, the highest of earthly kings.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.	28 'I shal maintain my faithful love for him always, my covenant with him wil stay firm.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.	29 I have established his dynasty for ever, his throne to be as lasting as the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;	30 'Should his descendants desert my law, and not keep to my rulings,
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;	31 should they violate my statutes, and not observe my commandments,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.	32 'then I shal punish their offences with the rod, their guilt with the whip,
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.	33 but I shal never withdraw from him my faithful love, I shal not belie my constancy.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.	34 'I shal not violate my covenant, I shal not withdraw the word once spoken.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.	35 I have sworn by my holiness, once and for al , never will I break faith with David.
36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.	36 'His dynasty shal endure for ever, his throne like the sun before me,
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.	37 as the moon is established for ever, a faithful witness in the skies.'Pause
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.	38 Yet you yourself -- you have spurned and rejected, and have vented your wrath on your anointed,
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.	39 you have repudiated the covenant with your servant, dishonoured his crown in the dust.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.	40 You have pierced al his defences, and laid his strongholds in ruins,
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.	41 everyone passing by plunders him, he has become the butt of his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.	42 You have raised high the right hand of his opponents, have made al his enemies happy;
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.	43 you have snapped off his sword on a rock, and failed to support him in battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.	44 You have stripped him of his splendid sceptre, and toppled his throne to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.	45 You have aged him before his time, enveloped him in shame.Pause
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?	46 How long, Yahweh, will you remain hidden? For ever? Is your anger to go on smouldering like a fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?	47 Remember me; how long have I left? For what pointless end did you create al the children of Adam?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.	48 Who can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the clutches of Sheol?Pause
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?	49 Lord, what of those pledges of your faithful love? You made an oath to David by your constancy.
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;	50 Do not forget the insults to your servant; I take to heart the taunts of the nations,
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.	51 which your enemies have level ed, Yahweh, have level ed at the footsteps of your anointed!
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.	52 Blessed be Yahweh for ever. Amen, Amen.