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Psalms 89:3

David
Covenant and promises

1 I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
KJV
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
WEB
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
ASV
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
DARBY
I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
BLB
“I have cut a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
ÅB
[Du sier:] Jeg har gjort en pakt med min utvalgte, jeg har svoret David, min tjener:
OTB
«Jeg har gjort en pakt med min utvalgte;
Jeg har lovet min tjener David,
B1930
[Du sier:] Jeg har gjort en pakt med min utvalgte, jeg har svoret David, min tjener:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 132:11

    The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:10–16

    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

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  • 1 Kings 8:16

    ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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  • Hebrews 7:21

    but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

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  • Acts 2:30

    But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

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  • Psalms 89:28

    I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

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  • Psalms 89:34–35

    I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

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  • Jeremiah 33:20–21

    “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

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