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Psalms 88
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1(89) [A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.
1I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I swore to David my servant.
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Pause.
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints.
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
7God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you.
8O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves .
9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10You have brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you have scattered your enemies .
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.
12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted.
13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.
14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance.
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
16And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.
16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18for [our] help is of the Lord ; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
18For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19Then you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one ; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
19Then 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.
20I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21For my hand shall support him; and my arm shall strengthen him.
21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37and as the moon [that is] established for ever , and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38But you have cast off and set at nothing, you have rejected your anointed.
38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you have profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror.
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.
42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle.
43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground.
44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him . Pause.
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain?
47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you swore to David in your truth?
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed.
51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
52Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.