## Psalms Chapter 89

###### Psalms 89:1
[Psalms 89:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:1)

מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Maskil of Etan the Ezraĥite.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A maskil of Eitan the Ezrachite.


###### Psalms 89:2
[Psalms 89:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:2)

חַֽסְדֵ֣י יְ֭הֹוָה עוֹלָ֣ם אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֓ר**׀** אוֹדִ֖יעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בְּפִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord for ever: with my mouth I will make known Thy faithfulness to all generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall eternally sing the lovingkindnesses of the L rd. Through all the generations I shall make known Your faithfulness [(to Your word)] with my mouth.


###### Psalms 89:3
[Psalms 89:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:3)

כִּֽי־אָמַ֗רְתִּי ע֭וֹלָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה שָׁמַ֓יִם**׀** תָּכִ֖ן אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have said, The world is built by love: Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in the very heavens.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I said: Forever will [the throne of David] be built up [with] lovingkindness [viz. II Samuel 7:13]. Your faithfulness will be as firmly established as the heavens.


###### Psalms 89:4
[Psalms 89:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:4)

כָּרַ֣תִּי בְ֭רִית לִבְחִירִ֑י נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי לְדָוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And this is the lovingkindness:)] I have made a covenant for My chosen one; I have sworn to David, My servant.


###### Psalms 89:5
[Psalms 89:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:5)

עַד־ע֭וֹלָם אָכִ֣ין זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וּבָנִ֨יתִי לְדֹר־וָד֖וֹר כִּסְאֲךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall establish your children [(for kingdom)] forever. I have built up your throne for all generations, forever.


###### Psalms 89:6
[Psalms 89:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:6)

וְי֘וֹד֤וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם פִּלְאֲךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֑ה אַף־אֱ֝מ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ בִּקְהַ֥ל קְדֹשִֽׁים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the heavens shall praise Thy wonders, O Lord: Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(in keeping Your word)], the heavens will acknowledge Your wonder, O L rd], also Your faithfulness [i.e., the faithfulness of Your words] in the congregation of the holy ones [(Israel)].


###### Psalms 89:7
[Psalms 89:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:7)

כִּ֤י מִ֣י בַ֭שַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ לַיהֹוָ֑ה יִדְמֶ֥ה לַ֝יהֹוָ֗ה בִּבְנֵ֥י אֵלִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For who in the heavens can be compared to the L rd, can be likened to the L rd among the sons of the mighty?


###### Psalms 89:8
[Psalms 89:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:8)

אֵ֣ל נַ֭עֲרָץ בְּסוֹד־קְדֹשִׁ֣ים רַבָּ֑ה וְ֝נוֹרָ֗א עַל־כׇּל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and had in reverence by all those round about him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He is a mighty G d in the great council of the holy ones [(the angels)] and fearful over all who surround Him.


###### Psalms 89:9
[Psalms 89:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:9)

יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צְבָא֗וֹת מִי־כָמ֖וֹךָֽ חֲסִ֥ין׀יָ֑הּ וֶ֝אֱמ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ סְבִיבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord God of hosts, O Lord, who is strong like Thee? and Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, G d of hosts, who is like You? [You,] the L rd, are mighty, and Your faithfulness encompasses You.


###### Psalms 89:10
[Psalms 89:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:10)

אַתָּ֣ה מ֭וֹשֵׁל בְּגֵא֣וּת הַיָּ֑ם בְּשׂ֥וֹא גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof rise up, Thou stillest them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You rule over the pride of the sea. When its waves are uplifted, You lower them.


###### Psalms 89:11
[Psalms 89:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:11)

אַתָּ֤ה דִכִּ֣אתָ כֶחָלָ֣ל רָ֑הַב בִּזְר֥וֹעַ עֻ֝זְּךָ֗ פִּזַּ֥רְתָּ אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast trodden down Rahav like carrion; Thou hast scattered Thy enemies with Thy strong arm.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You broke the Egyptians as the slain [are broken]. With the arm of Your might You scattered Your foes.


###### Psalms 89:12
[Psalms 89:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:12)

לְךָ֣ שָׁ֭מַיִם אַף־לְךָ֥ אָ֑רֶץ תֵּבֵ֥ל וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּ אַתָּ֥ה יְסַדְתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The skies are Thine, the earth also is Thine: the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Yours are the heavens. Yours, too, is the earth. The world and all that fills it — You founded them.


###### Psalms 89:13
[Psalms 89:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:13)

צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The north and the south, Thou hast created them: Tavor and Ḥermon shall rejoice in Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
North and south, You created them. Tavor and Chermon shall sing in Your name.


###### Psalms 89:14
[Psalms 89:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:14)

לְךָ֣ זְ֭רוֹעַ עִם־גְּבוּרָ֑ה תָּעֹ֥ז יָ֝דְךָ֗ תָּר֥וּם יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy right hand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your arm [is stretched out] with strength. You strengthen Your hand; You lift up Your right hand.


###### Psalms 89:15
[Psalms 89:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:15)

צֶ֣דֶק וּ֭מִשְׁפָּט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת יְֽקַדְּמ֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne: love and truth shall go before Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Not strength, however, but] righteousness and justice is the foundation of Your throne. Lovingkindness and truth will precede Your countenance [in the governance of the world].


###### Psalms 89:16
[Psalms 89:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:16)

אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם יֹדְעֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּֽאוֹר־פָּנֶ֥יךָ יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is the people that know the joyful note: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy are the people who know teruah [(the shofar blast) i.e., who know how to conciliate their Creator on Rosh Hashanah with teruah, the matrix of malchuyoth (Dominion), zichronoth (Remembrance) and shofaroth].


###### Psalms 89:17
[Psalms 89:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:17)

בְּ֭שִׁמְךָ יְגִיל֣וּן כׇּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ יָרֽוּמוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In Thy name they rejoice all the day: and in Thy righteousness they are exalted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In [the salvation of] Your name they will rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they will be uplifted.


###### Psalms 89:18
[Psalms 89:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:18)

כִּי־תִפְאֶ֣רֶת עֻזָּ֣מוֹ אָ֑תָּה וּ֝בִרְצוֹנְךָ֗ (תרים) [תָּר֥וּם] קַרְנֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou art the glory of their strength: and in Thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You are the glory of their strength, and in Your conciliation our horn will be exalted.


###### Psalms 89:19
[Psalms 89:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:19)

כִּ֣י לַ֭יהֹוָה מָגִנֵּ֑נוּ וְלִקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְכֵּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For our shield belongs to the Lord; and our king to the Holy One of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [our estate was thus elevated] when our shields [i.e., our kings] were the L rd's [i.e., G d fearing] and our kings [were dedicated] to the G d of Israel.


###### Psalms 89:20
[Psalms 89:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:20)

אָ֤ז דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־בְחָז֡וֹן לַחֲסִידֶ֗יךָ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁוִּ֣יתִי עֵ֭זֶר עַל־גִּבּ֑וֹר הֲרִימ֖וֹתִי בָח֣וּר מֵעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Thou didst speak in vision to Thy pious one, and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; have exalted one chosen out of the people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then You spoke in a vision to Your saintly ones [(Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer)], and You said: I have placed saving [(to abet him always)] upon the strong one [David]; I have elevated the select one from among the people.


###### Psalms 89:21
[Psalms 89:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:21)

מָ֭צָאתִי דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֑י בְּשֶׁ֖מֶן קׇדְשִׁ֣י מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have found David, My servant; I have anointed him with My holy oil.


###### Psalms 89:22
[Psalms 89:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:22)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָ֭דִי תִּכּ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ אַף־זְרוֹעִ֥י תְאַמְּצֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
with whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My hand will be established with him [to aid him]; My arm, too, shall strengthen him.


###### Psalms 89:23
[Psalms 89:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:23)

לֹא־יַשִּׁ֣יא אוֹיֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ וּבֶן־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The foe will not [strengthen itself over him to] be as a creditor to him, and a doer of wrong will not afflict him.


###### Psalms 89:24
[Psalms 89:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:24)

וְכַתּוֹתִ֣י מִפָּנָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו וּמְשַׂנְאָ֥יו אֶגּֽוֹף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and strike down those who hate him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall cut off his oppressors from his face and I shall send a plague upon his foes.


###### Psalms 89:25
[Psalms 89:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:25)

וֶ֥אֱֽמוּנָתִ֣י וְחַסְדִּ֣י עִמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בִשְׁמִ֗י תָּר֥וּם קַרְנֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But my faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My faith and lovingkindness shall be [forever] with him, and through My name his horn shall be exalted.


###### Psalms 89:26
[Psalms 89:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:26)

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י בַיָּ֣ם יָד֑וֹ וּֽבַנְּהָר֥וֹת יְמִינֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall place his hand [i.e., rule] over the seas, and his right hand over the rivers.


###### Psalms 89:27
[Psalms 89:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:27)

ה֣וּא יִ֭קְרָאֵנִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אֵ֝לִ֗י וְצ֣וּר יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He shall call me: "You are my Father, my G d and the rock of my salvation."


###### Psalms 89:28
[Psalms 89:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:28)

אַף־אָ֭נִי בְּכ֣וֹר אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I, likewise, shall grant him greatness, [making him] supreme above the kings of the earth.


###### Psalms 89:29
[Psalms 89:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:29)

לְ֭עוֹלָם (אשמור) [אֶשְׁמׇר־]ל֣וֹ חַסְדִּ֑י וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will keep my truth with him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall observe My lovingkindness with him forever and My covenant shall be faithful to him.


###### Psalms 89:30
[Psalms 89:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:30)

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י לָעַ֣ד זַרְע֑וֹ וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ כִּימֵ֥י שָׁמָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne like the days of heaven.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall make his children [rule thus] forever, and their throne as the days of the heavens.


###### Psalms 89:31
[Psalms 89:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:31)

אִם־יַעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו תּוֹרָתִ֑י וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י לֹ֣א יֵלֵכֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If his children forsake my Tora, and walk not in my judgments;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But,] if his sons forsake My Torah and do not walk in My judgments,


###### Psalms 89:32
[Psalms 89:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:32)

אִם־חֻקֹּתַ֥י יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
if they desecrate My statutes and do not keep My mitzvoth,


###### Psalms 89:33
[Psalms 89:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:33)

וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י בְשֵׁ֣בֶט פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּבִנְגָעִ֥ים עֲוֺנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then I shall remove [their kingdom] through the rod [of chastisement] for their offenses, and through plagues for their transgressions [viz. II Samuel 7:14].


###### Psalms 89:34
[Psalms 89:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:34)

וְ֭חַסְדִּי לֹא־אָפִ֣יר מֵעִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗ר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nevertheless I will not utterly take my steadfast love from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But] I shall not [eternally] remove my lovingkindness from him and I shall not belie my trust, [for the kingdom shall revert to his children in the days of the Messiah.]


###### Psalms 89:35
[Psalms 89:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:35)

לֹֽא־אֲחַלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתִ֑י וּמוֹצָ֥א שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י לֹ֣א אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My covenant I will not break, nor alter that which has issued from my lips.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall not desecrate My covenant and I shall not change the utterance of My lips.


###### Psalms 89:36
[Psalms 89:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:36)

אַ֭חַת נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי בְקׇדְשִׁ֑י אִֽם־לְדָוִ֥ד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Once I have sworn by my holiness that I will not fail unto David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One [(unique)] oath have I sworn in My holiness. Forefend that I lie to David!


###### Psalms 89:37
[Psalms 89:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:37)

זַ֭רְעוֹ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִהְיֶ֑ה וְכִסְא֖וֹ כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His children shall be [kings] forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.


###### Psalms 89:38
[Psalms 89:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:38)

כְּ֭יָרֵחַ יִכּ֣וֹן עוֹלָ֑ם וְעֵ֥ד בַּ֝שַּׁ֗חַק נֶאֱמָ֥ן סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It shall be established for ever like the moon, and the witness in the sky is sure. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As the moon, they will be established forever, [the sun and the moon being] witness in the heavens [(that David's kingdom will endure as long as they do)], faithful forever.


###### Psalms 89:39
[Psalms 89:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:39)

וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been angry with Thy anointed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You have [(now, because of his children's transgression,)] abandoned and despised [(the Davidic kingdom [in the days of Tzidkiyahu])]. You have been wroth with Your anointed one.


###### Psalms 89:40
[Psalms 89:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:40)

נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast renounced the covenant of Thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown to the ground.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have nullified the covenant of Your servant; You have desecrated his crown unto the ground.


###### Psalms 89:41
[Psalms 89:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:41)

פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כׇל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have breached all of his fences [(that he built in Jerusalem)]. You have caused his strongholds [(the Temple Mount and the fortress of Zion)] to be broken.


###### Psalms 89:42
[Psalms 89:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:42)

שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כׇּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a taunt to his neighbours.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have been trodden down by all the passersby; he was a shame to his neighbors.


###### Psalms 89:43
[Psalms 89:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:43)

הֲ֭רִימוֹתָ יְמִ֣ין צָרָ֑יו הִ֝שְׂמַ֗חְתָּ כׇּל־אוֹיְבָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have raised the right hand of his oppressors; You have caused all of his foes to rejoice.


###### Psalms 89:44
[Psalms 89:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:44)

אַף־תָּ֭שִׁיב צ֣וּר חַרְבּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א הֲ֝קֵימֹת֗וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast also turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have turned back, too, the sharpness of his sword, and You did not sustain him in the battle.


###### Psalms 89:45
[Psalms 89:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:45)

הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ מִטְּהָר֑וֹ וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ לָאָ֥רֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have cut off his splendor and You have cast his throne to the ground.


###### Psalms 89:46
[Psalms 89:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:46)

הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶ֥עֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The days of his youth Thou hast shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have shortened the days of his youth and decked him with shame forever.


###### Psalms 89:47
[Psalms 89:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:47)

עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֖ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֣שׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long, Lord? wilt Thou hide Thyself forever? shall Thy wrath burn like fire?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long, O L rd, [shall we remain in exile]? Will You conceal Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn as fire?


###### Psalms 89:48
[Psalms 89:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:48)

זְכׇר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כׇל־בְּנֵֽי־אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember how short my time is: for what nothingness hast Thou created all the sons of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I am conscious of the shortness of my days. [i.e., Does it not suffice that You exact punishment of me in my dying young?] Why did You create all men in vain [if they will not live long enough to witness Your salvation]?


###### Psalms 89:49
[Psalms 89:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:49)

מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשׁ֖וֹ מִיַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What man is he that lives, and shall not see death, but shall deliver his soul from the power of She᾽ol? (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who is the man that will live [eternally] and not see death, who will rescue his soul from the pit forever?


###### Psalms 89:50
[Psalms 89:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:50)

אַיֵּ֤ה**׀** חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀אֲדֹנָ֑י נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לְ֝דָוִ֗ד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, where are Thy former oaths of steadfast love which Thou didst make to David in Thy faithfulness?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Where are Your first lovingkindnesses, O L rd, that You swore to David in Your faith?


###### Psalms 89:51
[Psalms 89:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:51)

זְכֹ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי חֶרְפַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ שְׂאֵתִ֥י בְ֝חֵיקִ֗י כׇּל־רַבִּ֥ים עַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember, Lord, the disgrace of Thy servants: how I bear in my bosom the insults of all the many peoples,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember, O L rd, the shame of Your servants, my bearing in my bosom [(in exile the burdens of)] all the many peoples.


###### Psalms 89:52
[Psalms 89:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:52)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵרְפ֖וּ אוֹיְבֶ֥יךָ׀יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חֵ֝רְפ֗וּ עִקְּב֥וֹת מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
wherewith Thy enemies have insulted, O Lord; wherewith they have insulted the footsteps of Thy anointed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[the peoples] who shamed — Your foes, O L rd — the footsteps [i.e., the coming] of Your anointed one [the Messiah].


###### Psalms 89:53
[Psalms 89:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/89:53)

בָּר֖וּךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀וְאָמֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(But though I bewail the delay of the salvation,)] Blessed is the L rd forever — Amen, Amen.