1LORD, I will sing about your great love for ever. For all time to come, I will tell how faithful you are.2I will tell everyone that your love stands firm for ever. I will tell them that you are always faithful, even in heaven itself.3You said, ‘Here is the covenant I have made with my chosen one. Here is the promise I have made to my servant David.4“I will make your family line continue for ever. I will make your kingdom secure for all time to come.” ’5LORD, the heavens praise you for your wonderful deeds. When your holy angels gather together, they praise you for how faithful you are.6Who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who among the angels is like the LORD?7God is highly respected among his holy angels. He’s more wonderful than all those who are around him.8LORD God who rules over all, who is like you? LORD, you are mighty. You are faithful in everything you do.9You rule over the stormy sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them down.10You crushed Egypt and killed her people. With your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.11The heavens belong to you. The earth is yours also. You made the world and everything that is in it.12You created everything from north to south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing to you with joy.13Your arm is powerful. Your hand is strong. Your right hand is mighty.14Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair. Your faithful love leads the way in front of you.15Blessed are those who have learned to shout praise to you. LORD, they live in the light of your kindness.16All day long they are full of joy because of who you are. They celebrate the fact that you do what is right.17You bring them glory and give them strength. You are pleased to honour our king.18Our king is like a shield that keeps us safe. He belongs to the LORD. He belongs to the Holy One of Israel.19You once spoke to your faithful people in a vision. You said, ‘I have given strength to a soldier. I have raised up a young man from among the people.20I have found my servant David. I have poured my sacred oil on his head.21My powerful hand will keep him going. My mighty arm will give him strength.22No enemy will have the victory over him. No evil person will treat him badly.23I will crush the king’s enemies. I will completely destroy them.24I will love him and be faithful to him. Because of me his power will increase.25I will give him a great kingdom. It will reach from the Mediterranean Sea to the River Euphrates.26He will call out to me, “You are my Father. You are my God. You are my Rock and Saviour.”27I will also make him my eldest son. Among all the kings of the earth, he will be the most important one.28I will continue to love him for ever. I will never break my covenant with him.29I will make his family line continue for ever. His kingdom will last as long as the heavens.30‘What if his sons turn away from my laws and do not follow them?31What if they disobey my orders and fail to keep my commands?32Then I will punish them for their sins. I will strike them with a rod. I will whip them for their evil acts.33But I will not stop loving David. I will always be faithful to him.34I will not break my covenant. I will not go back on my word.35Once and for all, I have made a promise. It is based on my holiness. And I will not lie to David.36His family line will continue for ever. His kingdom will last as long as the sun.37It will last for ever like the moon, that faithful witness in the sky.’38But you have turned your back on your anointed king. You have been very angry with him.39You have broken the covenant you made with him. You have thrown your servant’s crown into the dirt.40You have broken through the walls around his city. You have completely destroyed his secure places.41All those who pass by have carried off what belonged to him. His neighbours make fun of him.42You have made his enemies strong. You have made all of them happy.43You have made his sword useless. You have not helped him in battle.44You have put an end to his glory. You have knocked his throne to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his life. You have covered him with shame.46LORD, how long will you hide yourself? Will it be for ever? How long will your anger burn like fire?47Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!48Who can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave?49Lord, where is the great love you used to have? You faithfully promised it to David.50Lord, remember how my enemies have made fun of me. I’ve had to put up with mean words from all the nations.51LORD, your enemies have said mean things. They have laughed at everything your anointed king has done.52Give praise to the LORD for ever! Amen and Amen.
1I will sing of the Lord’s great love for ever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.[1]2I will declare that your love stands firm for ever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.3You said, ‘I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,4“I will establish your line for ever and make your throne firm through all generations.” ’[2]5The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.6For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.8Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favour you exalt our horn.[3]18Indeed, our shield[4] belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: ‘I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn[5] will be exalted.25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.26He will call out to me, “You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Saviour.”27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.28I will maintain my love to him for ever, and my covenant with him will never fail.29I will establish his line for ever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.30‘If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness – and I will not lie to David –36that his line will continue for ever and his throne endure before me like the sun;37it will be established for ever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.’38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbours.42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.44You have put an end to his splendour and cast his throne to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself for ever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?50Remember, Lord, how your servant has[6] been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,51the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.52Praise be to the Lord for ever! Amen and Amen.
1A Maskil[1] of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. (1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 2:6; Ps 88:11; Ps 89:5; Ps 89:8; Ps 89:14; Ps 89:24; Ps 89:28; Ps 89:33; Ps 89:49; Ps 101:1; Ps 119:90; Isa 55:3)2For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” (Ps 36:5; Ps 89:1)3You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: (2Sa 7:8; 1Ki 8:16; 1Ch 17:7; Ps 89:19; Ps 89:28; Ps 89:34; Ps 89:35; Ps 89:39; Ps 89:49; Ps 132:11; Isa 42:1; Jer 33:17)4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” (Ps 89:29; Ps 89:36; Isa 9:7; Lu 1:32; Joh 12:34)5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! (Job 1:6; Job 5:1; Job 15:15; Ps 19:1; Ps 50:6; Ps 88:12; Ps 89:7; Ps 97:6; Re 7:10)6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings[2] is like the Lord, (Ps 86:8; Ps 89:8)7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? (Ps 47:2; Ps 89:5; Ps 103:20)8O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you? (1Sa 2:2; Ps 35:10; Ps 68:4)9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. (Job 38:11; Ps 65:7)10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. (Ex 14:30; Job 9:13; Ps 53:5)11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. (Ge 1:1; 1Ch 29:11; Ps 24:1; Ps 104:5)12The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. (De 3:9; Job 26:7; Ps 98:8; Jer 46:18)13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. (Ps 85:13; Ps 89:2; Ps 97:2)15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, (Ps 4:6; Ps 66:1)16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. (Job 36:7; Ps 20:5; Ps 20:7)17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. (Ps 75:10; Ps 78:61; Ps 89:24)18For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel. (Ps 47:9; Ps 71:22)19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[3] and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. (2Sa 17:10; Ps 21:5; Ps 89:3)20I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, (1Sa 16:13; Ac 13:22)21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. (Ps 80:17)22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. (2Sa 7:10)23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. (2Sa 7:9; Ps 2:9)24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. (Ps 89:1; Ps 89:17)25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. (Ps 72:8)26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ (2Sa 7:14; Ps 18:2)27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. (Ex 4:22; Nu 24:7; Ro 8:29; Col 1:15; Col 1:18; Heb 1:5; Re 19:16)28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm[4] for him. (Ps 89:3)29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. (Job 14:12; Ps 89:4)30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,[5] (2Sa 7:14; 1Ki 2:4)31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, (Job 9:34)33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. (Ps 89:28)35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. (Ps 60:6; Heb 6:18)36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. (Ps 72:5; Ps 89:4; Ps 89:29)37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” (Job 16:19; Ps 89:36)38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. (Ps 44:9; Ps 89:20; Ps 89:51)39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. (Job 19:9; Ps 74:7; Ps 89:3; La 2:7)40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. (Ps 80:12)41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. (Ps 44:13; Ps 69:9; Ps 69:19; Ps 89:40; Ps 89:50)42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. (Ps 71:13; Ps 102:23; Ps 109:29)46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? (Ps 13:1; Ps 78:63; Ps 79:5)47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! (Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Job 14:1; Ps 39:5)48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Ps 16:10; Ps 49:9; Lu 2:26; Heb 11:5)49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David? (Ps 89:1)50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults[6] of all the many nations, (Ps 74:18; Ps 74:22; Ps 79:12; Ps 89:41)51with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. (Ps 17:11; Ps 56:6; Ps 89:20; Ps 89:38)52Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen. (Ps 41:13)
Psalm 89
King James Version
1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.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 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 a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.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; with my holy oil have I anointed him:21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.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 unto David.36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
1Eine Unterweisung Etans, des Esrachiters.2Ich will singen von der Gnade des HERRN ewiglich und seine Treue verkünden mit meinem Munde für und für;3denn ich sage: Auf ewig steht die Gnade fest; du gibst deiner Treue sicheren Grund im Himmel.4»Ich habe einen Bund geschlossen mit meinem Auserwählten, ich habe David, meinem Knechte, geschworen: (Ps 132:11; Isa 55:3)5Ich will deinem Geschlecht festen Grund geben auf ewig und deinen Thron bauen für und für.« Sela. (2Sa 7:16; Ac 2:30)6Und die Himmel werden, HERR, deine Wunder preisen und deine Treue in der Gemeinde der Heiligen.7Denn wer in den Wolken könnte dem HERRN gleichen und dem HERRN gleich sein unter den Himmlischen? (1Ki 22:19)8Gott ist gefürchtet in der Versammlung der Heiligen, groß und furchtbar über alle, die um ihn sind.9HERR, Gott Zebaoth, wer ist wie du? Mächtig bist du, HERR, und deine Treue ist um dich her.10Du herrschest über das ungestüme Meer, du stillest seine Wellen, wenn sie sich erheben. (Ps 65:8; Mt 8:26)11Du hast Rahab[1] zu Tode geschlagen und deine Feinde zerstreut mit deinem starken Arm. (Job 26:12; Isa 30:7; Isa 51:9)12Himmel und Erde sind dein, du hast gegründet den Erdkreis und was darinnen ist. (Ps 24:1)13Nord und Süd hast du geschaffen, Tabor und Hermon jauchzen über deinen Namen.14Du hast einen gewaltigen Arm, stark ist deine Hand, und hoch ist deine Rechte.15Gerechtigkeit und Recht sind deines Thrones Stütze, Gnade und Treue treten vor dein Angesicht.16Wohl dem Volk, das jauchzen kann! HERR, sie werden im Licht deines Antlitzes wandeln;17sie werden über deinen Namen täglich fröhlich sein und in deiner Gerechtigkeit herrlich sein.18Denn du bist der Ruhm ihrer Stärke, und durch deine Gnade wirst du unser Horn erhöhen.19Denn dem HERRN gehört unser Schild und dem Heiligen Israels unser König.20Damals hast du geredet durch ein Gesicht zu deinen Heiligen und gesagt: Ich habe einem Helden Hilfe gewährt, ich habe erhöht einen Auserwählten aus dem Volk. (1Sa 13:14; 1Sa 16:13)21Ich habe gefunden meinen Knecht David, ich habe ihn gesalbt mit meinem heiligen Öl.22Meine Hand soll ihn erhalten, und mein Arm soll ihn stärken.23Die Feinde sollen ihn nicht überwältigen und die Ungerechten ihn nicht demütigen;24sondern ich will seine Widersacher vor ihm zerschlagen und, die ihn hassen, zu Boden stoßen.25Aber meine Treue und Gnade soll bei ihm sein, und sein Horn soll erhöht sein in meinem Namen.26Seine Hand lege ich auf das Meer und seine Rechte auf die Ströme. (Ps 72:8)27Er wird mich nennen: Du bist mein Vater, mein Gott und der Hort meines Heils. (2Sa 7:14)28Und ich will ihn zum erstgeborenen Sohn machen, zum Höchsten unter den Königen auf Erden.29Ich will ihm ewiglich bewahren meine Gnade, und mein Bund soll ihm fest bleiben.30Ich will ihm ewiglich Nachkommen geben und seinen Thron erhalten, solange der Himmel währt.31Wenn aber seine Söhne mein Gesetz verlassen und in meinen Rechten nicht wandeln,32wenn sie meine Ordnungen entheiligen und meine Gebote nicht halten,33so will ich ihre Sünde mit der Rute heimsuchen und ihre Missetat mit Plagen;34aber meine Gnade will ich nicht von ihm wenden und meine Treue nicht brechen.35Ich will meinen Bund nicht entheiligen und nicht ändern, was aus meinem Munde gegangen ist.36Eines habe ich geschworen bei meiner Heiligkeit und will David nicht belügen:37»Sein Geschlecht soll ewig bestehen und sein Thron vor mir wie die Sonne, (Ps 72:17)38wie der Mond, der ewiglich bleibt, und wie der treue Zeuge in den Wolken.« Sela. (Ge 9:13)39Aber nun hast du verstoßen und verworfen und zürnst mit deinem Gesalbten!40Du hast zerbrochen den Bund mit deinem Knecht und seine Krone entweiht in den Staub.41Du hast eingerissen alle seine Mauern und hast zerstört seine Festungen.42Es berauben ihn alle, die vorübergehen; er ist seinen Nachbarn ein Spott geworden.43Du hast die Rechte seiner Widersacher erhöht und alle seine Feinde erfreut.44Auch hast du die Kraft seines Schwerts weggenommen und lässest ihn nicht siegen im Streit.45Du hast seinem Glanz ein Ende gemacht und seinen Thron zu Boden geworfen.46Du hast die Tage seiner Jugend verkürzt und ihn bedeckt mit Schande. Sela.47Wie lange, HERR, willst du dich immerfort verbergen und deinen Grimm wie Feuer brennen lassen?48Gedenke, wie kurz mein Leben ist, wie vergänglich du alle Menschen geschaffen hast!49Wo ist jemand, der da lebt und den Tod nicht sähe, der seine Seele errette aus des Todes Hand? Sela.50Herr, wo ist deine Gnade von einst, die du David geschworen hast in deiner Treue?51Gedenke, Herr, an die Schmach deiner Knechte, die ich trage in meiner Brust von all den vielen Völkern, (Ps 44:10)52mit der, HERR, deine Feinde dich schmähen, mit der sie schmähen die Spuren deines Gesalbten!53Gelobt sei der HERR ewiglich! Amen! Amen! (Ps 41:14)