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Psalm 89 Unlocked Literal Bible
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever. I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations.
1 A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever; your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”
2 I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have made an oath to David my servant.
3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” Selah
4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.
5 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?
6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones and is awesome among all who surround him.
7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.
8 Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.
9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.
11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.
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. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.
16 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.
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 belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king 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.
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 chosen David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.
20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.
21 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.
22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.
24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
26 He will call 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.
27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever; and my covenant with him will be secure.
28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.
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 do not walk in my regulations,
30 If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,
31 if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;
32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.
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 or change the words of my lips.
34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:
35 Once 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.
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
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.
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 desecrated his crown on the ground.
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.
40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.
43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.
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
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?
46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Oh, think about how short my time is, and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
47 Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
48 Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? Selah
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 acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?
49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
50 Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.
51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.
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Ethan the Ezrahite
A wise man whom Solomon's wisdom surpassed.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 4:31; Psalm 89:1
Cross references (52)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 101:1; Psalm 89:8; Psalm 119:90; Lamentations 3:23; Psalm 89:33
- 2 Psalm 36:5; Nehemiah 9:31; Psalm 103:17; Numbers 23:19; Hebrews 6:18
- 3 Psalm 132:11; 2 Samuel 7:10–16; 1 Kings 8:16; Hebrews 7:21; Acts 2:30
- 4 Luke 1:32–33; 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 132:12; Philippians 2:9–11
- 5 Psalm 19:1; Psalm 97:6; Isaiah 44:23; Revelation 7:10–12; 2 Thessalonians 1:7
- 6 Psalm 86:8; Jeremiah 10:6; Psalm 71:19; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 113:5
- 7 Psalm 47:2; Psalm 76:7–11; Hebrews 12:28–29; Jeremiah 10:7; Revelation 15:3–4
- 8 Psalm 71:19; Jeremiah 32:17; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 40:25–26; Psalm 147:5
- 9 Psalm 65:7; Psalm 107:25–29; Mark 4:41; Mark 4:39; Matthew 8:24–27
- 10 Psalm 87:4; Psalm 68:30; Psalm 144:6; Isaiah 24:1; Exodus 3:19–20
- 11 1 Chronicles 29:11; Genesis 1:1; Psalm 115:16; Psalm 24:1–2; 1 Corinthians 10:26
- 12 Job 26:7; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 19:22; Deuteronomy 3:8–9; Judges 4:6
- 13 Psalm 62:11; Psalm 89:10; Daniel 4:34–35; Matthew 6:13
- 14 Psalm 97:2; Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 45:6–7; Psalm 145:17; Psalm 85:13
- 15 Psalm 44:3; Isaiah 2:5; Psalm 4:6; Job 29:3; Psalm 100:1
- 16 Philippians 4:4; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 29:7; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Psalm 89:12
- 17 Psalm 75:10; Psalm 92:10; Psalm 148:14; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31
- 18 Psalm 47:9; Psalm 71:22; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 12:6
- 19 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:34; Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:6–11; 2 Samuel 7:8–17
- 20 1 Samuel 16:12–13; Isaiah 61:1–3; 1 Samuel 16:1; John 3:34; Acts 13:22
- 21 Isaiah 42:1; Psalm 18:32–39; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 89:13; Ezekiel 30:24–25
- 22 2 Samuel 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Matthew 4:1–10; John 17:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3
- 23 2 Samuel 7:9; 2 Samuel 22:40–44; 2 Samuel 3:1; Psalm 18:40; 2 Samuel 7:1
- 24 2 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 89:16–17; Psalm 91:14; John 17:6; Psalm 89:33
- 25 Psalm 80:11; Psalm 72:8–11; 1 Kings 4:21; Revelation 11:15; Psalm 2:8
- 26 2 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalm 95:1; Psalm 62:6–7; Matthew 26:42
- 27 Colossians 1:15; Colossians 1:18; Romans 8:29; Revelation 19:16; Psalm 2:7
- 28 Isaiah 55:3; Acts 13:32–34; Jeremiah 33:20–21; Isaiah 54:10; 2 Samuel 7:15–16
- 29 Psalm 89:4; Deuteronomy 11:21; Isaiah 9:7; Psalm 89:36; Daniel 2:44
- 30 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 119:53; Proverbs 28:4; Psalm 132:12
- 31 Psalm 55:20
- 32 2 Samuel 7:14; Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:6–11; 1 Kings 11:39; 1 Kings 11:14
- 33 Isaiah 54:8–10; 2 Samuel 7:15; Lamentations 3:31–32; Hebrews 6:18; Jeremiah 33:20–26
- 34 Numbers 23:19; Matthew 24:35; James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Romans 11:29
- 35 Psalm 132:11; Hebrews 6:13; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:17; Amos 4:2
- 36 Psalm 72:5; Psalm 89:29; Isaiah 59:21; Psalm 72:17; Luke 1:33
- 37 Jeremiah 31:35–36; Psalm 104:19; Genesis 1:14–18; Genesis 9:13–16; Isaiah 54:9–10
- 38 1 Chronicles 28:9; Deuteronomy 32:19; Psalm 89:51; Psalm 106:40; Zechariah 13:7
- 39 Lamentations 5:16; Psalm 74:7; Isaiah 43:28; Psalm 89:34–36; John 13:7
- 40 Psalm 80:12; Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:5; Isaiah 5:5–6; Job 1:10
- 41 Psalm 79:4; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:37; Daniel 9:16
- 42 Revelation 11:10; Psalm 80:6; Leviticus 26:17; John 16:20; Deuteronomy 28:25
- 43 2 Chronicles 25:8; Leviticus 26:36–37; Numbers 14:42; Numbers 14:45; Joshua 7:8–12
- 44 1 Kings 12:16–20; 1 Samuel 4:21–22; 1 Kings 14:25–28; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10; Daniel 7:20–25
- 45 Psalm 109:29; Psalm 44:15; Micah 7:10; Psalm 102:23; Psalm 89:28–29
- 46 Psalm 79:5; Psalm 78:63; Psalm 90:13; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 8:17
- 47 Job 14:1; Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Job 9:25–26; James 4:14
- 48 Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalm 49:15; Hebrews 11:5; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Psalm 49:7–9
- 49 2 Samuel 7:15; Hebrews 7:21; Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 54:5; Isaiah 63:7–15
- 50 Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 69:9; Romans 15:3; Psalm 79:10–12
- 51 1 Peter 4:14–16; Psalm 74:10; Matthew 5:10–12; Hebrews 11:36; Matthew 12:24
- 52 Psalm 41:13; Psalm 72:18–19; 1 Timothy 1:17; Psalm 106:48; Habakkuk 3:17–19
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