{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/89","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-15T14:14:58.531Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":89,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":88,"nextChapter":90,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":52},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also is in an assembly of holy ones."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who is like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou art ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thine are the heavens — the earth also is Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the beauty of their strength art Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And My faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in My name is his horn exalted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He proclaimeth me: 'Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant is stedfast with him."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"His seed is to the age, And his throne is as the sun before Me,"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Selah."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Where are Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed is Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 89 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 89](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/89)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/89 (accessed 2026-06-15)."}}