Psalms 89 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 89:1
KJVI will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
WEBI will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.
YLTAn 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,
Psalms 89:2
KJVFor I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
WEBI indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever.
YLTFor I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
Psalms 89:3
KJVI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
WEB“I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
YLTI have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
Psalms 89:4
KJVThy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
WEB‘I will establish your offspring forever,
YLT`Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
Psalms 89:5
KJVAnd the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
WEBThe heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh;
YLTand the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
Psalms 89:6
KJVFor who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
WEBFor who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh?
YLTFor who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
Psalms 89:7
KJVGod is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
WEBa very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,
YLTGod is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
Psalms 89:8
KJVO Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
WEBYahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?
YLTO Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
Psalms 89:9
KJVThou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
WEBYou rule the pride of the sea.
YLTThou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
Psalms 89:10
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Psalms 89:11
KJVThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
WEBThe heavens are yours.
YLTThine [are] the heavens -- the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
Psalms 89:12
KJVThe north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
WEBThe north and the south, you have created them.
YLTNorth and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
Psalms 89:13
KJVThou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
WEBYou have a mighty arm.
YLTThou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high Thy right hand.
Psalms 89:14
KJVJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
WEBRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
YLTRighteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
Psalms 89:15
KJVBlessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
WEBBlessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.
YLTO the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
Psalms 89:16
KJVIn thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
WEBIn your name they rejoice all day.
YLTIn Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
Psalms 89:17
KJVFor thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
WEBFor you are the glory of their strength.
YLTFor the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
Psalms 89:18
KJVFor the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
WEBFor our shield belongs to Yahweh;
YLTFor of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
Psalms 89:19
KJVThen 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.
WEBThen you spoke in vision to your saints,
YLTThen 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,
Psalms 89:20
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Psalms 89:21
KJVWith whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
WEBwith whom my hand shall be established.
YLTWith whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
Psalms 89:22
KJVThe enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
WEBNo enemy will tax him.
YLTAn enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
Psalms 89:23
KJVAnd I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
WEBI will beat down his adversaries before him,
YLTAnd I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
Psalms 89:24
KJVBut my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
WEBBut my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.
YLTAnd My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
Psalms 89:25
KJVI will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
WEBI will set his hand also on the sea,
YLTAnd I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
Psalms 89:26
KJVHe shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
WEBHe will call to me, ‘You are my Father,
YLTHe proclaimeth me: `Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
Psalms 89:27
KJVAlso I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
WEBI will also appoint him my firstborn,
YLTI also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 89:28
KJVMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
WEBI will keep my loving kindness for him forever more.
YLTTo the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
Psalms 89:29
KJVHis seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
WEBI will also make his offspring endure forever,
YLTAnd I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
Psalms 89:30
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Psalms 89:31
KJVIf they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
WEBif they break my statutes,
YLTIf My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
Psalms 89:32
KJVThen will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
WEBthen I will punish their sin with the rod,
YLTI have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
Psalms 89:33
KJVNevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
WEBBut I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,
YLTAnd My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
Psalms 89:34
KJVMy covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
WEBI will not break my covenant,
YLTI profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
Psalms 89:35
KJVOnce have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
WEBOnce I have sworn by my holiness,
YLTOnce I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
Psalms 89:36
KJVHis seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
WEBHis offspring will endure forever,
YLTHis seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
Psalms 89:37
KJVIt shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
WEBIt will be established forever like the moon,
YLTAs the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
Psalms 89:38
KJVBut thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
WEBBut you have rejected and spurned.
YLTAnd Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
Psalms 89:39
KJVThou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
WEBYou have renounced the covenant of your servant.
YLTHast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
Psalms 89:40
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Psalms 89:41
KJVAll that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
WEBAll who pass by the way rob him.
YLTSpoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
Psalms 89:42
KJVThou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
WEBYou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.
YLTThou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
Psalms 89:43
KJVThou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
WEBYes, you turn back the edge of his sword,
YLTAlso -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
Psalms 89:44
KJVThou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
WEBYou have ended his splendor,
YLTHast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
Psalms 89:45
KJVThe days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
WEBYou have shortened the days of his youth.
YLTThou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
Psalms 89:46
KJVHow long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
WEBHow long, Yahweh?
YLTTill when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
Psalms 89:47
KJVRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
WEBRemember how short my time is!
YLTRemember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Psalms 89:48
KJVWhat man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
WEBWhat man is he who shall live and not see death,
YLTWho [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
Psalms 89:49
KJVLord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
WEBLord, where are your former loving kindnesses,
YLTWhere [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
Psalms 89:50
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Psalms 89:51
KJVWherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
WEBWith which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh,
YLTWherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
Psalms 89:52
KJVBlessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
WEBBlessed be Yahweh forever more.
YLTBlessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
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