4 "I will make mention of Egypt and Babylon* among those that know me; Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia,— "This people hath been born there." 5 So of Zion it shall be said, “Divers sorts of men have been born in her, "And the most High himself shall establish her." 6 Jehovah shall count, when he writeth down 7 the peoples, "This people hath been born there." " Singers as well as musicians, All my springs are in thee. Selah. PSALM LXXXVIII. A Song. A Psalm. For the sons of Korah. For the chief Musician. On the Mahalath for singing. A didactic Poem by Heman the Ezrahite.d 1 O JEHOVAH, God of my salvation, I cry day and night before thee. 2 Let my prayer come before thee, Incline thine ear unto my cry; " Isa. xix. 23-25. b Isa. ii. 1-4; Zech. viii. 22. ' I am as a man without strength, As the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And as to them, they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction : I call upon thee, O Jehovah, every day, I stretch out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou do wonders for the dead? a Ps. vi. 5 (note). b Ps. xlii. 7. Shall the departed rise up and give thee thanks? Selah. Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? And thy faithfulness in the place of destruction ? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the place of darkness? 13 And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ? But as for me, unto thee, O Jehovah, do I cry; And in the morning my prayer cometh before thee. 14 Why, O Jehovah, dost thou cast off my soul? Why dost thou hide thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted. 16 Thy wrath goeth over me: Thy terrors destroy me; 17 They compass me about like water all the day, They surround me together. 18 Lover and companion hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. PSALM LXXXIX. A didactic Poem by Ethan the Ezrahite. I WILL sing of the loving-kindnesses of With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations; 2 For I have said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever: In the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. 3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen 4 5 one, "I have sworn unto David my servant, "For ever will I establish thy seed, "And build up thy throne to all generations.' " b Selah. And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah, Even thy faithfulness, in the assembly of the holy ones; 6 For who in the sky can be compared unto Jehovah ? 1 Kings iv. 31; 1 Chron. ii. 6. b Vers. 29, 36; 1 Chron. xvii. 11-14. Who among the children of the gods is like unto Jehovah ? 7 A very dreadful God in the assembly of the holy ones, And terrible above all that are round about him. O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who is like unto thee, the strong Jah, With thy faithfulness round about thee? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea; b When it lifteth up its billows, it is thou that stillest them. 10 It is thou that hast broken Egypt 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, it is thou that hast founded them. 12 The north and the south, it is thou that hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, exalted thy right hand. a Ps. xxix. 1; Exod. xv. 11; Ps. lxxxvi. 8. b Rev. iv. 3. |