Psalms 89:30

²⁸ I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

²⁹ I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

³¹ if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

³² I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

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: If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
KJV: If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
WEB: If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
ASV: If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
DARBY: If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
BLB: If his sons should abandon My instruction, and do not walk in My ordinances,

ÅB: Dersom hans barn forlater min lov og ikke vandrer i mine bud,
OTB: Hvis hans sønner forlater min lov
Og ikke følger mine dommer,
B1930: Dersom hans barn forlater min lov og ikke vandrer i mine bud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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Psalms 119:53
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
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Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
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Psalms 132:12
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
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Proverbs 4:2
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
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Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 7:17–22
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
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