Verse 1
Psalms 89:1
English Revised Version
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Maschil 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְ/אֵיתָ֥ן הָֽ/אֶזְרָחִֽי
English Translation
A skillful poem for Ethan the Ezrahite.
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Chapter 89 Context
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Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I...
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very...
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy...
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For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto th...
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A God (Elohim) very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that a...
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O LORD God (Elohim) of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is ro...
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Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the a...
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded...
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The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
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Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance...
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In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
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For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I h...
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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God (Elohim), and the rock of my salvation.
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I also will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David;
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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah
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But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.
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All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
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How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? how long shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
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What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheo...
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Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the migh...
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Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thi...
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Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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