Psalms 89 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 90

¹A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

KJVA Prayer^H8605 of Moses^H4872 the man^H376 of God^H430. Lord^H136, thou hast been our dwelling place^H4583 in all^H1755 generations^H1755.

² Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

KJVBefore the mountains^H2022 were brought forth^H3205^(H8795), or ever thou hadst formed^H2342^(H8787) the earth^H776 and the world^H8398, even from everlasting^H5769 to^H5704 everlasting^H5769, thou art God^H410.

³ You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

KJVThou turnest^H7725^(H8686) man^H582 to destruction^H1793; and sayest^H559^(H8799), Return^H7725^(H8798), ye children^H1121 of men^H120.

⁴ For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

KJVFor a thousand^H505 years^H8141 in thy sight^H5869 are but as^H3117 yesterday^H865 when it is past^H5674^(H8799), and as a watch^H821 in the night^H3915.

⁵ You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

KJVThou carriest them away as with a flood^H2229^(H8804); they are as a sleep^H8142: in the morning^H1242 they are like grass^H2682 which groweth up^H2498^(H8799).

⁶ In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

KJVIn the morning^H1242 it flourisheth^H6692^(H8686), and groweth up^H2498^(H8804); in the evening^H6153 it is cut down^H4135^(H8787), and withereth^H3001^(H8804).

⁷ For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

KJVFor we are consumed^H3615^(H8804) by thine anger^H639, and by thy wrath^H2534 are we troubled^H926^(H8738).

⁸ You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

KJVThou hast set^H7896^(H8804) our iniquities^H5771 before thee, our secret^H5956^(H8803) sins in the light^H3974 of thy countenance^H6440.

⁹ For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

KJVFor all our days^H3117 are passed away^H6437^(H8804) in thy wrath^H5678: we spend^H3615^(H8765) our years^H8141 as a tale^H1899 that is told.

¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

KJVThe days^H3117 of our years^H8141 are threescore^H7657 years^H8141 and ten^H7657; and if by reason of strength^H1369 they be fourscore^H8084 years^H8141, yet is their strength^H7296 labour^H5999 and sorrow^H205; for it is soon^H2440 cut off^H1468^(H8804), and we fly away^H5774^(H8799).

¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

KJVWho knoweth^H3045^(H8802) the power^H5797 of thine anger^H639? even according to thy fear^H3374, so is thy wrath^H5678.

¹² So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

KJVSo teach^H3045^(H8685) us to number^H4487^(H8800) our days^H3117, that we may apply^H935^(H8686) our hearts^H3824 unto wisdom^H2451.

¹³ Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

KJVReturn^H7725^(H8798), O LORD^H3068, how long? and let it repent^H5162^(H8734) thee concerning thy servants^H5650.

¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

KJVO satisfy^H7646^(H8761) us early^H1242 with thy mercy^H2617; that we may rejoice^H7442^(H8762) and be glad^H8055^(H8799) all our days^H3117.

¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

KJVMake us glad^H8055^(H8761) according to the days^H3117 wherein thou hast afflicted^H6031^(H8765) us, and the years^H8141 wherein we have seen^H7200^(H8804) evil^H7451.

¹⁶ Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.

KJVLet thy work^H6467 appear^H7200^(H8735) unto thy servants^H5650, and thy glory^H1926 unto their children^H1121.

¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

KJVAnd let the beauty^H5278 of the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 be upon us: and establish^H3559^(H8786) thou the work^H4639 of our hands^H3027 upon us; yea, the work^H4639 of our hands^H3027 establish^H3559^(H8786) thou it.

WEB·Psalms 89

¹A 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.

KJVMaschil^H4905^(H8688) of Ethan^H387 the Ezrahite^H250. I will sing^H7891^(H8799) of the mercies^H2617 of the LORD^H3068 for ever^H5769: with my mouth^H6310 will I make known^H3045^(H8686) thy faithfulness^H530 to all^H1755 generations^H1755.

² I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

KJVFor I have said^H559^(H8804), Mercy^H2617 shall be built up^H1129^(H8735) for ever^H5769: thy faithfulness^H530 shalt thou establish^H3559^(H8686) in the very heavens^H8064.

³ “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

KJVI have made^H3772^(H8804) a covenant^H1285 with my chosen^H972, I have sworn^H7650^(H8738) unto David^H1732 my servant^H5650,

⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

KJVThy seed^H2233 will I establish^H3559^(H8686) for^H5704 ever^H5769, and build up^H1129^(H8804) thy throne^H3678 to all^H1755 generations^H1755. Selah^H5542.

⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

KJVAnd the heavens^H8064 shall praise^H3034^(H8686) thy wonders^H6382, O LORD^H3068: thy faithfulness^H530 also in the congregation^H6951 of the saints^H6918.

⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

KJVFor who in the heaven^H7834 can be compared^H6186^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068? who among the sons^H1121 of the mighty^H410 can be likened^H1819^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068?

⁷ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

KJVGod^H410 is greatly^H7227 to be feared^H6206^(H8737) in the assembly^H5475 of the saints^H6918, and to be had in reverence^H3372^(H8737) of all them that are about^H5439 him.

⁸ Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

KJVO LORD^H3068 God^H430 of hosts^H6635, who is a strong^H2626 LORD^H3050 like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness^H530 round about^H5439 thee?

⁹ You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

KJVThou rulest^H4910^(H8802) the raging^H1348 of the sea^H3220: when the waves^H1530 thereof arise^H7721^(H8800), thou stillest^H7623^(H8762) them.

¹⁰ You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

KJVThou hast broken^H1792 Rahab^H7294 in pieces^H1792^(H8765), as one that is slain^H2491; thou hast scattered^H6340^(H8765) thine enemies^H341^(H8802) with thy strong^H5797 arm^H2220.

¹¹ The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

KJVThe heavens^H8064 are thine, the earth^H776 also is thine: as for the world^H8398 and the fulness^H4393 thereof, thou hast founded^H3245^(H8804) them.

¹² You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

KJVThe north^H6828 and the south^H3225 thou hast created^H1254^(H8804) them: Tabor^H8396 and Hermon^H2768 shall rejoice^H7442^(H8762) in thy name^H8034.

¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

KJVThou hast a mighty^H1369 arm^H2220: strong^H5810^(H8799) is thy hand^H3027, and high^H7311^(H8799) is thy right hand^H3225.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

KJVJustice^H6664 and judgment^H4941 are the habitation^H4349 of thy throne^H3678: mercy^H2617 and truth^H571 shall go^H6923^(H8762) before thy face^H6440.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

KJVBlessed^H835 is the people^H5971 that know^H3045^(H8802) the joyful sound^H8643: they shall walk^H1980^(H8762), O LORD^H3068, in the light^H216 of thy countenance^H6440.

¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

KJVIn thy name^H8034 shall they rejoice^H1523^(H8799) all the day^H3117: and in thy righteousness^H6666 shall they be exalted^H7311^(H8799).

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

KJVFor thou art the glory^H8597 of their strength^H5797: and in thy favour^H7522 our horn^H7161 shall be exalted^H7311^(H8799)^(H8675)^H7311^(H8686).

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 is our defence^H4043; and the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478 is our king^H4428.

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.

KJVThen thou spakest^H1696^(H8765) in vision^H2377 to thy holy one^H2623, and saidst^H559^(H8799), I have laid^H7737^(H8765) help^H5828 upon one that is mighty^H1368; I have exalted^H7311^(H8689) one chosen^H977^(H8803) out of the people^H5971.

²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

KJVI have found^H4672^(H8804) David^H1732 my servant^H5650; with my holy^H6944 oil^H8081 have I anointed^H4886^(H8804) him:

²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

KJVWith whom my hand^H3027 shall be established^H3559^(H8735): mine arm^H2220 also shall strengthen^H553^(H8762) him.

²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

KJVThe enemy^H341^(H8802) shall not exact^H5378^(H8686) upon him; nor the son^H1121 of wickedness^H5766 afflict^H6031^(H8762) him.

²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

KJVAnd I will beat down^H3807^(H8804) his foes^H6862 before his face^H6440, and plague^H5062^(H8799) them that hate^H8130^(H8764) him.

²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

KJVBut my faithfulness^H530 and my mercy^H2617 shall be with him: and in my name^H8034 shall his horn^H7161 be exalted^H7311^(H8799).

²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

KJVI will set^H7760^(H8804) his hand^H3027 also in the sea^H3220, and his right hand^H3225 in the rivers^H5104.

²⁶ He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

KJVHe shall cry^H7121^(H8799) unto me, Thou art my father^H1, my God^H410, and the rock^H6697 of my salvation^H3444.

²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

KJVAlso I will make^H5414^(H8799) him my firstborn^H1060, higher^H5945 than the kings^H4428 of the earth^H776.

²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

KJVMy mercy^H2617 will I keep^H8104^(H8799) for him for evermore^H5769, and my covenant^H1285 shall stand fast^H539^(H8737) with him.

²⁹ I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

KJVHis seed^H2233 also will I make^H7760^(H8804) to endure for ever^H5703, and his throne^H3678 as the days^H3117 of heaven^H8064.

³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

KJVIf his children^H1121 forsake^H5800^(H8799) my law^H8451, and walk^H3212^(H8799) not in my judgments^H4941;

³¹ if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

KJVIf they break^H2490^(H8762) my statutes^H2708, and keep^H8104^(H8799) not my commandments^H4687;

³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

KJVThen will I visit^H6485^(H8804) their transgression^H6588 with the rod^H7626, and their iniquity^H5771 with stripes^H5061.

³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

KJVNevertheless my lovingkindness^H2617 will I not utterly take^H6331^(H8686) from him, nor suffer my faithfulness^H530 to fail^H8266^(H8762).

³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

KJVMy covenant^H1285 will I not break^H2490^(H8762), nor alter^H8138^(H8762) the thing that is gone out^H4161 of my lips^H8193.

³⁵ Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

KJVOnce^H259 have I sworn^H7650^(H8738) by my holiness^H6944 that I will not lie^H3576^(H8762) unto David^H1732.

³⁶ His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

KJVHis seed^H2233 shall endure for ever^H5769, and his throne^H3678 as the sun^H8121 before me.

³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

KJVIt shall be established^H3559^(H8735) for ever^H5769 as the moon^H3394, and as a faithful^H539^(H8737) witness^H5707 in heaven^H7834. Selah^H5542.

³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

KJVBut thou hast cast off^H2186^(H8804) and abhorred^H3988^(H8799), thou hast been wroth^H5674^(H8694) with thine anointed^H4899.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

KJVThou hast made void^H5010^(H8765) the covenant^H1285 of thy servant^H5650: thou hast profaned^H2490^(H8765) his crown^H5145 by casting it to the ground^H776.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

KJVThou hast broken down^H6555^(H8804) all his hedges^H1448; thou hast brought^H7760^(H8804) his strong holds^H4013 to ruin^H4288.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

KJVAll that pass by^H5674^(H8802) the way^H1870 spoil^H8155^(H8804) him: he is a reproach^H2781 to his neighbours^H7934.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

KJVThou hast set up^H7311^(H8689) the right hand^H3225 of his adversaries^H6862; thou hast made all his enemies^H341^(H8802) to rejoice^H8055^(H8689).

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

KJVThou hast also turned^H7725^(H8686) the edge^H6697 of his sword^H2719, and hast not made him to stand^H6965^(H8689) in the battle^H4421.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

KJVThou hast made his glory^H2892 to cease^H7673^(H8689), and cast^H4048 his throne^H3678 down^H4048^(H8765) to the ground^H776.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

KJVThe days^H3117 of his youth^H5934 hast thou shortened^H7114^(H8689): thou hast covered^H5844^(H8689) him with shame^H955. Selah^H5542.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

KJVHow long, LORD^H3068? wilt thou hide^H5641^(H8735) thyself for ever^H5331? shall thy wrath^H2534 burn^H1197^(H8799) like fire^H784?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) how short^H2465 my time is: wherefore hast thou made^H1254^(H8804) all men^H1121^H120 in vain^H7723?

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

KJVWhat man^H1397 is he that liveth^H2421^(H8799), and shall not see^H7200^(H8799) death^H4194? shall he deliver^H4422^(H8762) his soul^H5315 from the hand^H3027 of the grave^H7585? Selah^H5542.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

KJVLord^H136, where are thy former^H7223 lovingkindnesses^H2617, which thou swarest^H7650^(H8738) unto David^H1732 in thy truth^H530?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798), Lord^H136, the reproach^H2781 of thy servants^H5650; how I do bear^H5375^(H8800) in my bosom^H2436 the reproach of all the mighty^H7227 people^H5971;

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

KJVWherewith thine enemies^H341^(H8802) have reproached^H2778^(H8765), O LORD^H3068; wherewith they have reproached^H2778^(H8765) the footsteps^H6119 of thine anointed^H4899.

⁵² Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.

KJVBlessed^H1288^(H8803) be the LORD^H3068 for evermore^H5769. Amen^H543, and Amen^H543.

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