Psalms 88 (DRA)

v1

Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

v2

The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

v3

For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

v4

I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

v5

Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

v6

The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.

v7

For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?

v8

God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.

v9

O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

v10

Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

v11

Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

v12

Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:

v13

The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:

v14

Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:

v15

Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

v16

Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:

v17

And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

v18

For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.

v19

For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.

v20

Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

v21

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

v22

For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.

v23

The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.

v24

And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.

v25

And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

v26

And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.

v27

He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

v28

And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

v29

I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

v30

And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.

v31

And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

v32

If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:

v33

I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.

v34

But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

v35

Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

v36

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

v37

His seed shall endure for ever.

v38

And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

v39

But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.

v40

Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

v41

Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.

v42

All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

v43

Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

v44

Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

v45

Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

v46

Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.

v47

How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

v48

Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

v49

Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

v50

Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

v51

Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:

v52

Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.

v53

Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.

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