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Psalms 89:34

Covenant and promisesGod's faithfulness

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

33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

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

35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

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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.

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BSB
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
KJV
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
WEB
I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
ASV
My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
DARBY
My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
BLB
I will not violate My covenant, and a declaration of My lips I will not change.
ÅB
jeg vil ikke bryte min pakt og ikke forandre hva som gikk ut fra mine lepper.
OTB
Jeg vil ikke bryte min pakt,
Eller endre det som har gått ut av mine lepper.
B1930
jeg vil ikke bryte min pakt og ikke forandre hvad som gikk ut fra mine leber.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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  • James 1:17

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

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  • Malachi 3:6

    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

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  • Romans 11:29

    For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

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  • Jeremiah 14:21

    For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

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  • Leviticus 26:44

    Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.

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  • Jeremiah 33:20

    “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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