תהילים פ״ט:ד׳-ה׳
Psalms 89:4-5
Hebrew
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ חַֽסְדֵ֣י יְ֭הֹוָה עוֹלָ֣ם אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֓ר ׀ אוֹדִ֖יעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בְּפִֽי׃ כִּֽי־אָמַ֗רְתִּי ע֭וֹלָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ תָּכִ֖ן אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בָהֶֽם׃ כָּרַ֣תִּי בְ֭רִית לִבְחִירִ֑י נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי לְדָוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃ עַד־ע֭וֹלָם אָכִ֣ין זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וּבָנִ֨יתִי לְדֹר־וָד֖וֹר כִּסְאֲךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃ וְי֘וֹד֤וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם פִּלְאֲךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֑ה אַף־אֱ֝מ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ בִּקְהַ֥ל קְדֹשִֽׁים׃ כִּ֤י מִ֣י בַ֭שַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ לַיהֹוָ֑ה יִדְמֶ֥ה לַ֝יהֹוָ֗ה בִּבְנֵ֥י אֵלִֽים׃ אֵ֣ל נַ֭עֲרָץ בְּסוֹד־קְדֹשִׁ֣ים רַבָּ֑ה וְ֝נוֹרָ֗א עַל־כׇּל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צְבָא֗וֹת מִי־כָמ֖וֹךָֽ חֲסִ֥ין ׀ יָ֑הּ וֶ֝אֱמ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ סְבִיבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ אַתָּ֣ה מ֭וֹשֵׁל בְּגֵא֣וּת הַיָּ֑ם בְּשׂ֥וֹא גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃ אַתָּ֤ה דִכִּ֣אתָ כֶחָלָ֣ל רָ֑הַב בִּזְר֥וֹעַ עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ פִּזַּ֥רְתָּ אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃ לְךָ֣ שָׁ֭מַיִם אַף־לְךָ֥ אָ֑רֶץ תֵּבֵ֥ל וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּ אַתָּ֥ה יְסַדְתָּֽם׃ צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃ לְךָ֣ זְ֭רוֹעַ עִם־גְּבוּרָ֑ה תָּעֹ֥ז יָ֝דְךָ֗ תָּר֥וּם יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ צֶ֣דֶק וּ֭מִשְׁפָּט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת יְֽקַדְּמ֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃ אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם יֹדְעֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּֽאוֹר־פָּנֶ֥יךָ יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃ בְּ֭שִׁמְךָ יְגִיל֣וּן כׇּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ יָרֽוּמוּ׃ כִּי־תִפְאֶ֣רֶת עֻזָּ֣מוֹ אָ֑תָּה וּ֝בִרְצוֹנְךָ֗ (תרים) [תָּר֥וּם] קַרְנֵֽינוּ׃ כִּ֣י לַ֭יהֹוָה מָגִנֵּ֑נוּ וְלִקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְכֵּֽנוּ׃ אָ֤ז דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־בְחָז֡וֹן לַחֲסִידֶ֗יךָ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁוִּ֣יתִי עֵ֭זֶר עַל־גִּבּ֑וֹר הֲרִימ֖וֹתִי בָח֣וּר מֵעָֽם׃ מָ֭צָאתִי דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֑י בְּשֶׁ֖מֶן קׇדְשִׁ֣י מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָ֭דִי תִּכּ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ אַף־זְרוֹעִ֥י תְאַמְּצֶֽנּוּ׃ לֹא־יַשִּׁ֣יא אוֹיֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ וּבֶן־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽנּוּ׃ וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃ וֶ֥אֱֽמוּנָתִ֣י וְחַסְדִּ֣י עִמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בִשְׁמִ֗י תָּר֥וּם קַרְנֽוֹ׃ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י בַיָּ֣ם יָד֑וֹ וּֽבַנְּהָר֥וֹת יְמִינֽוֹ׃ ה֣וּא יִ֭קְרָאֵנִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אֵ֝לִ֗י וְצ֣וּר יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃ אַף־אָ֭נִי בְּכ֣וֹר אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ לְ֭עוֹלָם (אשמור) [אֶשְׁמׇר־]ל֣וֹ חַסְדִּ֑י וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת לֽוֹ׃ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י לָעַ֣ד זַרְע֑וֹ וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ כִּימֵ֥י שָׁמָֽיִם׃ אִם־יַעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו תּוֹרָתִ֑י וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י לֹ֣א יֵלֵכֽוּן׃ אִם־חֻקֹּתַ֥י יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃ וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י בְשֵׁ֣בֶט פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּבִנְגָעִ֥ים עֲוֺנָֽם׃ וְ֭חַסְדִּי לֹא־אָפִ֣יר מֵעִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗ר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִֽי׃ לֹֽא־אֲחַלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתִ֑י וּמוֹצָ֥א שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י לֹ֣א אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃ אַ֭חַת נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי בְקׇדְשִׁ֑י אִֽם־לְדָוִ֥ד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃ זַ֭רְעוֹ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִהְיֶ֑ה וְכִסְא֖וֹ כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽי׃ כְּ֭יָרֵחַ יִכּ֣וֹן עוֹלָ֑ם וְעֵ֥ד בַּ֝שַּׁ֗חַק נֶאֱמָ֥ן סֶֽלָה׃ וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃ נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃ פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כׇל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּֽה׃ שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כׇּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃ הֲ֭רִימוֹתָ יְמִ֣ין צָרָ֑יו הִ֝שְׂמַ֗חְתָּ כׇּל־אוֹיְבָֽיו׃ אַף־תָּ֭שִׁיב צ֣וּר חַרְבּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א הֲ֝קֵימֹת֗וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ מִטְּהָר֑וֹ וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ לָאָ֥רֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה׃ הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶ֥עֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃ עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֖ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֣שׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ זְכׇר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כׇל־בְּנֵֽי־אָדָֽם׃ מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשׁ֖וֹ מִיַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל סֶֽלָה׃ אַיֵּ֤ה ׀ חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לְ֝דָוִ֗ד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ זְכֹ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי חֶרְפַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ שְׂאֵתִ֥י בְ֝חֵיקִ֗י כׇּל־רַבִּ֥ים עַמִּֽים׃ אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵרְפ֖וּ אוֹיְבֶ֥יךָ ׀ יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חֵ֝רְפ֗וּ עִקְּב֥וֹת מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃ בָּר֖וּךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן ׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃
English Translation
A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of GOD’s steadfast love forever;
to all generations I will proclaim Your faithfulness with my mouth. I declare, “Your steadfast love is confirmed forever;
there in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to My servant David: I will establish your offspring forever,
I will confirm your throne for all generations.” Selah. Your wonders, O ETERNAL One, are praised by the heavens,
Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of holy beings. For who in the skies can equal GOD,
can compare with GOD among the divine beings, a God greatly dreaded in the council of holy beings,
held in awe by those all around? O ETERNAL One, God of hosts,
who is mighty like You, O Yah?aYah See note at 68.5.
Your faithfulness surrounds You; You rule the swelling of the sea;
when its waves surge, You still them. You crushed Rahab; he was like a corpse;
with Your powerful arm You scattered Your enemies. The heaven is Yours,
the earth too;
the world and all it holds—
You established them. North and south—
You created them;
Tabor and Hermon sing forth Your name. Yours is an arm endowed with might;
Your hand is strong;
Your right hand, exalted. Righteousness and justice are the base of Your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness stand before You. Happy is the people who know the joyful shout;
O ETERNAL One, they walk in the light of Your presence. They rejoice in Your name all day long;
they are exalted through Your righteousness. For You are their strength in which they glory;
our horn is exalted through Your favor. Truly our shield is of GOD,
our monarch, of the Holy One of Israel. ThenbThen Referring to vv. 4–5; cf. 2 Sam. 7.1–17. You spoke to Your faithful ones in a vision
and said, “I have conferred power upon a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David, My servant;
anointed him with My sacred oil. My hand shall be constantly with him,
and My arm shall strengthen him. No enemy shall oppress him,coppress him Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
no one vile afflict him. I will crush his adversaries before him;
I will strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
his horn shall be exalted through My name. I will set his hand upon the sea,
his right hand upon the rivers. He shall say to Me,
‘You are my father,dfather I.e., with the authority to declare which offspring (= nation’s king) is the favored one. my God, the rock of my deliverance.’ I will appoint him first-born,
highest of the kings of the earth. I will maintain My steadfast love for him always;
My covenant with him shall endure. I will establish his line forever,
his throne, as long as the heavens last. If his sons forsake My Teaching
and do not live by My rules; if they violate My laws,
and do not observe My commands, I will punish their transgression with the rod,
their iniquity with plagues. But I will not take away My steadfast love from him;
I will not betray My faithfulness. I will not violate My covenant,
or change what I have uttered. I have sworn by My holiness, once and for all;
I will not be false to David. His line shall continue forever,
his throne, as the sun before Me, as the moon, established forever,
an enduring witness in the sky.” Selah. Yet You have rejected, spurned,
and become enraged at Your anointed. You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have dragged his dignity in the dust. You have breached all his defenses,
shattered his strongholds. All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the butt of his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries,
and made all his enemies rejoice. You have turned back the blade of his sword,
and have not sustained him in battle. You have brought his splendorehis splendor Meaning of Heb. uncertain. to an end
and have hurled his throne to the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah. How long, O ETERNAL One; will You forever hide Your face,
will Your fury blaze like fire? O remember how short my life is;fhow short my life is Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
why should You have created every person in vain? WhogWho Or “What virile man.” can live and not see death,
can escape the clutches of Sheol? Selah. O my Sovereign, where is Your steadfast love of old
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness? Remember, O my Sovereign, the abuse flung at Your servants
that I have borne in my bosom [from] many peoples,hthat I have borne in my bosom [from] many peoples Meaning of Heb. uncertain. how Your enemies, O ETERNAL One, have flung abuse,
abuse at Your anointed at every step. Blessed is GOD forever;
Amen and Amen.
to all generations I will proclaim Your faithfulness with my mouth. I declare, “Your steadfast love is confirmed forever;
there in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to My servant David: I will establish your offspring forever,
I will confirm your throne for all generations.” Selah. Your wonders, O ETERNAL One, are praised by the heavens,
Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of holy beings. For who in the skies can equal GOD,
can compare with GOD among the divine beings, a God greatly dreaded in the council of holy beings,
held in awe by those all around? O ETERNAL One, God of hosts,
who is mighty like You, O Yah?aYah See note at 68.5.
Your faithfulness surrounds You; You rule the swelling of the sea;
when its waves surge, You still them. You crushed Rahab; he was like a corpse;
with Your powerful arm You scattered Your enemies. The heaven is Yours,
the earth too;
the world and all it holds—
You established them. North and south—
You created them;
Tabor and Hermon sing forth Your name. Yours is an arm endowed with might;
Your hand is strong;
Your right hand, exalted. Righteousness and justice are the base of Your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness stand before You. Happy is the people who know the joyful shout;
O ETERNAL One, they walk in the light of Your presence. They rejoice in Your name all day long;
they are exalted through Your righteousness. For You are their strength in which they glory;
our horn is exalted through Your favor. Truly our shield is of GOD,
our monarch, of the Holy One of Israel. ThenbThen Referring to vv. 4–5; cf. 2 Sam. 7.1–17. You spoke to Your faithful ones in a vision
and said, “I have conferred power upon a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David, My servant;
anointed him with My sacred oil. My hand shall be constantly with him,
and My arm shall strengthen him. No enemy shall oppress him,coppress him Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
no one vile afflict him. I will crush his adversaries before him;
I will strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
his horn shall be exalted through My name. I will set his hand upon the sea,
his right hand upon the rivers. He shall say to Me,
‘You are my father,dfather I.e., with the authority to declare which offspring (= nation’s king) is the favored one. my God, the rock of my deliverance.’ I will appoint him first-born,
highest of the kings of the earth. I will maintain My steadfast love for him always;
My covenant with him shall endure. I will establish his line forever,
his throne, as long as the heavens last. If his sons forsake My Teaching
and do not live by My rules; if they violate My laws,
and do not observe My commands, I will punish their transgression with the rod,
their iniquity with plagues. But I will not take away My steadfast love from him;
I will not betray My faithfulness. I will not violate My covenant,
or change what I have uttered. I have sworn by My holiness, once and for all;
I will not be false to David. His line shall continue forever,
his throne, as the sun before Me, as the moon, established forever,
an enduring witness in the sky.” Selah. Yet You have rejected, spurned,
and become enraged at Your anointed. You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have dragged his dignity in the dust. You have breached all his defenses,
shattered his strongholds. All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the butt of his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries,
and made all his enemies rejoice. You have turned back the blade of his sword,
and have not sustained him in battle. You have brought his splendorehis splendor Meaning of Heb. uncertain. to an end
and have hurled his throne to the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah. How long, O ETERNAL One; will You forever hide Your face,
will Your fury blaze like fire? O remember how short my life is;fhow short my life is Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
why should You have created every person in vain? WhogWho Or “What virile man.” can live and not see death,
can escape the clutches of Sheol? Selah. O my Sovereign, where is Your steadfast love of old
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness? Remember, O my Sovereign, the abuse flung at Your servants
that I have borne in my bosom [from] many peoples,hthat I have borne in my bosom [from] many peoples Meaning of Heb. uncertain. how Your enemies, O ETERNAL One, have flung abuse,
abuse at Your anointed at every step. Blessed is GOD forever;
Amen and Amen.
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Psalms 89:4-5
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