Liber Psalmorum

The third book of Psalms, song 89, Vulgate and King James Version

Psalm 89

Vulgate

   1 Maskil. Ethan Ezrahitae.
   2 Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo; in generationem et generationem annuntiabo veritatem tuam in ore meo.
   3 Quoniam dixisti: "In aeternum misericordia aedificabitur", in caelis firmabitur veritas tua.
   4 "Disposui testamentum electo meo, iuravi David servo meo:
   5 Usque in aeternum confirmabo semen tuum et aedificabo in generationem et generationem sedem tuam".
   6 Confitebuntur caeli mirabilia tua, Domine, etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia sanctorum.
   7 Quoniam quis in nubibus aequabitur Domino, similis erit Domino in filiis Dei?
   8 Deus, metuendus in consilio sanctorum, magnus et terribilis super omnes, qui in circuitu eius sunt.
   9 Domine, Deus virtutum, quis similis tibi? Potens es, Domine, et veritas tua in circuitu tuo.
   10 Tu dominaris superbiae maris, elationes fluctuum eius tu mitigas.
   11 Tu conculcasti sicut vulneratum Rahab, in brachio virtutis tuae dispersisti inimicos tuos.
   12 Tui sunt caeli, et tua est terra, orbem terrae et plenitudinem eius tu fundasti;
   13 Aquilonem et austrum tu creasti, Thabor et Hermon in nomine tuo exsultabunt.
   14 Tibi brachium cum potentia; firma est manus tua, et exaltata dextera tua.
   15 Iustitia et iudicium firmamentum sedis tuae. Misericordia et veritas praecedent faciem tuam.
   16 Beatus populus, qui scit iubilationem. Domine, in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt
   17 et in nomine tuo exsultabunt tota die et in iustitia tua exaltabuntur,
   18 quoniam decor virtutis eorum tu es, et in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum.
   19 Quia Domini est scutum nostrum, et Sancti Israel rex noster.
   20 Tunc locutus es in visione sanctis tuis et dixisti: "Posui adiutorium in potente et exaltavi electum de plebe.
   21 Inveni David servum meum; oleo sancto meo unxi eum.
   22 Manus enim mea firma erit cum eo, et brachium meum confortabit eum.
   23 Nihil proficiet inimicus in eo, et filius iniquitatis non opprimet eum.
   24 Et concidam a facie ipsius inimicos eius et odientes eum percutiam.
   25 Et veritas mea et misericordia mea cum ipso, et in nomine meo exaltabitur cornu eius.
   26 Et ponam super mare manum eius et super flumina dexteram eius.
   27 Ipse invocabit me: "Pater meus es tu, Deus meus et refugium salutis meae".
   28 Et ego primogenitum ponam illum, excelsum prae regibus terrae.
   29 In aeternum servabo illi misericordiam meam; et testamentum meum fidele ipsi.
   30 Et ponam in saeculum saeculi semen eius; et thronum eius sicut dies caeli.
   31 Si autem dereliquerint filii eius legem meam et in iudiciis meis non ambulaverint,
   32 si iustificationes meas profanaverint et mandata mea non custodierint,
   33 visitabo in virga delictum eorum et in verberibus iniquitatem eorum.
   34 Misericordiam autem meam non avertam ab eo neque mentiar in veritate mea.
   35 Non profanabo testamentum meum et, quae procedunt de labiis meis, non faciam irrita.
   36 Semel iuravi in sancto meo: David non mentiar.
   37 Semen eius in aeternum manebit, et thronus eius sicut sol in conspectu meo
   38 et sicut luna firmus stabit in aeternum et testis in caelo fidelis".
   39 Tu vero reppulisti et reiecisti, iratus es contra christum tuum;
   40 evertisti testamentum servi tui, profanasti in terram diadema eius.
   41 Destruxisti omnes muros eius, posuisti munitiones eius in ruinas.
   42 Diripuerunt eum omnes transeuntes viam, factus est opprobrium vicinis suis.
   43 Exaltasti dexteram deprimentium eum, laetificasti omnes inimicos eius.
   44 Avertisti aciem gladii eius et non es auxiliatus ei in bello.
   45 Finem posuisti splendori eius et sedem eius in terram collisisti.
   46 Minorasti dies iuventutis eius, perfudisti eum confusione.
   47 Usquequo, Domine, absconderis in finem, exardescet sicut ignis ira tua?
   48 Memorare, quam brevis mea substantia. Ad quam vanitatem creasti omnes filios hominum?
   49 Quis est homo, qui vivet et non videbit mortem, eruet animam suam de manu inferi?
   50 Ubi sunt misericordiae tuae antiquae, Domine, sicut iurasti David in veritate tua?
   51 Memor esto, Domine, opprobrii servorum tuorum, quod continui in sinu meo, multarum gentium,
   52 quo exprobraverunt inimici tui, Domine, quo exprobraverunt vestigia christi tui.
   53 Benedictus Dominus in aeternum. Fiat, fiat.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

   1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
   2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
   3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
   4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
   5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
   6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
   7 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.
   8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
   9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
   10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
   11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
   12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
   13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
   14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
   15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
   16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
   17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
   18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
   19 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.
   20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
   21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
   22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
   23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
   24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
   25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
   26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
   27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
   28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
   29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
   30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
   31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
   32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
   33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
   34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
   35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
   36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
   37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
   38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
   39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
   40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
   41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
   42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
   43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
   44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
   45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
   46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
   47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
   48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
   49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
   50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
   51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
   52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.