# Psalm 89 ## Psalm 89:1 - [KJV] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. - [ASV] I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. - [YLT] Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, ### Notes on Psalm 89:1 - ## Psalm 89:2 - [KJV] For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. - [ASV] For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens. - [YLT] For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.' ### Notes on Psalm 89:2 - ## Psalm 89:3 - [KJV] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, - [ASV] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant: - [YLT] I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: ### Notes on Psalm 89:3 - ## Psalm 89:4 - [KJV] Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. - [ASV] Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. *Selah* - [YLT] 'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 89:4 - ## Psalm 89:5 - [KJV] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. - [ASV] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. - [YLT] and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also *is* in an assembly of holy ones. ### Notes on Psalm 89:5 - ## Psalm 89:6 - [KJV] For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? *who* among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? - [ASV] For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah, - [YLT] For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty? ### Notes on Psalm 89:6 - ## Psalm 89:7 - [KJV] God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all *them that are* about him. - [ASV] A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him? - [YLT] God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him. ### Notes on Psalm 89:7 - ## Psalm 89:8 - [KJV] O LORD God of hosts, who *is* a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? - [ASV] O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee. - [YLT] O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who *is* like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness *is* round about Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 89:8 - ## Psalm 89:9 - [KJV] Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. - [ASV] Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. - [YLT] Thou *art* ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. ### Notes on Psalm 89:9 - ## Psalm 89:10 - [KJV] Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. - [ASV] Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. - [YLT] Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. ### Notes on Psalm 89:10 - ## Psalm 89:11 - [KJV] The heavens *are* thine, the earth also *is* thine: *as for* the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. - [ASV] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. - [YLT] Thine *are* the heavens -- the earth also *is* Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them. ### Notes on Psalm 89:11 - ## Psalm 89:12 - [KJV] The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. - [ASV] The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. - [YLT] North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. ### Notes on Psalm 89:12 - ## Psalm 89:13 - [KJV] Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, *and* high is thy right hand. - [ASV] Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. - [YLT] Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high Thy right hand. ### Notes on Psalm 89:13 - ## Psalm 89:14 - [KJV] Justice and judgment *are* the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. - [ASV] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face. - [YLT] Righteousness and judgment *Are* the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face. ### Notes on Psalm 89:14 - ## Psalm 89:15 - [KJV] Blessed *is* the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. - [ASV] Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. - [YLT] O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually. ### Notes on Psalm 89:15 - ## Psalm 89:16 - [KJV] In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. - [ASV] In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted. - [YLT] In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted, ### Notes on Psalm 89:16 - ## Psalm 89:17 - [KJV] For thou *art* the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. - [ASV] For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. - [YLT] For the beauty of their strength *art* Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted, ### Notes on Psalm 89:17 - ## Psalm 89:18 - [KJV] For the LORD *is* our defence; and the Holy One of Israel *is* our king. - [ASV] For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel. - [YLT] For of Jehovah *is* our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king. ### Notes on Psalm 89:18 - ## Psalm 89:19 - [KJV] Then 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. - [ASV] Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. - [YLT] 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, ### Notes on Psalm 89:19 - ## Psalm 89:20 - [KJV] I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: - [ASV] I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: - [YLT] I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him. ### Notes on Psalm 89:20 - ## Psalm 89:21 - [KJV] With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. - [ASV] With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. - [YLT] With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him. ### Notes on Psalm 89:21 - ## Psalm 89:22 - [KJV] The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. - [ASV] The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. - [YLT] An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not. ### Notes on Psalm 89:22 - ## Psalm 89:23 - [KJV] And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. - [ASV] And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. - [YLT] And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague, ### Notes on Psalm 89:23 - ## Psalm 89:24 - [KJV] But my faithfulness and my mercy *shall be* with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. - [ASV] But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted. - [YLT] And My faithfulness and kindness *are* with him, And in My name is his horn exalted. ### Notes on Psalm 89:24 - ## Psalm 89:25 - [KJV] I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. - [ASV] I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. - [YLT] And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. ### Notes on Psalm 89:25 - ## Psalm 89:26 - [KJV] He shall cry unto me, Thou *art* my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. - [ASV] He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. - [YLT] He proclaimeth me: 'Thou *art* my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' ### Notes on Psalm 89:26 - ## Psalm 89:27 - [KJV] Also I will make him *my* firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. - [ASV] I also will make him *my* first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. - [YLT] I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth. ### Notes on Psalm 89:27 - ## Psalm 89:28 - [KJV] My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. - [ASV] My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him. - [YLT] To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant *is* stedfast with him. ### Notes on Psalm 89:28 - ## Psalm 89:29 - [KJV] His seed also will I make *to endure* for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. - [ASV] His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. - [YLT] And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. ### Notes on Psalm 89:29 - ## Psalm 89:30 - [KJV] If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; - [ASV] If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; - [YLT] If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk; ### Notes on Psalm 89:30 - ## Psalm 89:31 - [KJV] If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; - [ASV] If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; - [YLT] If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep, ### Notes on Psalm 89:31 - ## Psalm 89:32 - [KJV] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. - [ASV] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. - [YLT] I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, ### Notes on Psalm 89:32 - ## Psalm 89:33 - [KJV] Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. - [ASV] But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. - [YLT] And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness. ### Notes on Psalm 89:33 - ## Psalm 89:34 - [KJV] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. - [ASV] My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. - [YLT] I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not. ### Notes on Psalm 89:34 - ## Psalm 89:35 - [KJV] Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. - [ASV] Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: - [YLT] Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David, ### Notes on Psalm 89:35 - ## Psalm 89:36 - [KJV] His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. - [ASV] His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. - [YLT] His seed is to the age, And his throne *is* as the sun before Me, ### Notes on Psalm 89:36 - ## Psalm 89:37 - [KJV] It shall be established for ever as the moon, and *as* a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. - [ASV] It shall be established for ever as the moon, And *as* the faithful witness in the sky. *Selah* - [YLT] As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 89:37 - ## Psalm 89:38 - [KJV] But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. - [ASV] But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. - [YLT] And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed, ### Notes on Psalm 89:38 - ## Psalm 89:39 - [KJV] Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown *by casting it* to the ground. - [ASV] Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown *by casting it* to the ground. - [YLT] Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown, ### Notes on Psalm 89:39 - ## Psalm 89:40 - [KJV] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. - [ASV] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. - [YLT] Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin. ### Notes on Psalm 89:40 - ## Psalm 89:41 - [KJV] All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. - [ASV] All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors. - [YLT] Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours, ### Notes on Psalm 89:41 - ## Psalm 89:42 - [KJV] Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. - [ASV] Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. - [YLT] Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. ### Notes on Psalm 89:42 - ## Psalm 89:43 - [KJV] Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. - [ASV] Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle. - [YLT] Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle, ### Notes on Psalm 89:43 - ## Psalm 89:44 - [KJV] Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. - [ASV] Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. - [YLT] Hast caused *him* to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down. ### Notes on Psalm 89:44 - ## Psalm 89:45 - [KJV] The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. - [ASV] The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. *Selah* - [YLT] Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over *with* shame. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 89:45 - ## Psalm 89:46 - [KJV] How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? - [ASV] How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? *How long* shall thy wrath burn like fire? - [YLT] Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire? ### Notes on Psalm 89:46 - ## Psalm 89:47 - [KJV] Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? - [ASV] Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! - [YLT] Remember, I pray Thee, what *is* life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men? ### Notes on Psalm 89:47 - ## Psalm 89:48 - [KJV] What man *is he that* liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. - [ASV] What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? *Selah* - [YLT] Who *is* the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 89:48 - ## Psalm 89:49 - [KJV] Lord, where *are* thy former lovingkindnesses, *which* thou swarest unto David in thy truth? - [ASV] Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? - [YLT] Where *are* Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness, ### Notes on Psalm 89:49 - ## Psalm 89:50 - [KJV] Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; *how* I do bear in my bosom *the reproach of* all the mighty people; - [ASV] Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom *the reproach of* all the mighty peoples, - [YLT] Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, ### Notes on Psalm 89:50 - ## Psalm 89:51 - [KJV] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. - [ASV] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. - [YLT] Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed. ### Notes on Psalm 89:51 - ## Psalm 89:52 - [KJV] Blessed *be* the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. - [ASV] Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. - [YLT] Blessed *is* Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen! ### Notes on Psalm 89:52 -