--- title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition) description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition. authors: - Smith, Joseph, Jr. collections: - joseph-smith tags: - translation published: "1867" publisher: RLDS Publication Board publisher_place: Plano, Illinois publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867." edition: First edition (Plano, 1867) language: en type: book chapter: 89 verse_count: 52 reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 89, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft." source: url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md." rights: status: public-domain basis: 1867 US publication source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft publication_year: 1867 --- # Psalms 89 *God praised for the establishment of his covenant. 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 1 have found David ray servant, with my holy oil have 1 anointed him; **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 loving-kindness 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 evei, and his throne as the sun before me. **37** It shall be established for ever P8ALM8. 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.