Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 89:49
49Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness?
Psalms 89:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?
Context of Psalms 89:49
47Remember how short my life is. Have you created everyone for nothing? 48What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness? 50Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants — in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples — 51how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord, how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:49 word by word
אַיֵּ֤ה׀ חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לְ֝דָוִ֗ד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:49
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” Selah
- Isaiah 63:7I will make known the Lord’s faithful love and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, because of all the Lord has done for us — even the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, which he did for them based on his compassion and the abundance of his faithful love.
- Psalms 89:3The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
- Psalms 54:5He will repay my adversaries for their evil. Because of your faithfulness, annihilate them.
- Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David, a promise he will not abandon: “I will set one of your offspring on your throne.
- 2 Samuel 3:9May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the Lord swore to him:
- 2 Samuel 7:15But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- Isaiah 55:3Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.
- Hebrews 7:21but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him: The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever.”
Commentaries on Psalms 89:49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses - Wilt thou not deal with us as thou didst with our fathers? Didst thou not swear unto David that thou wouldst distinguish him as thou didst them?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses - Thy mercies; thy pledges; thy promises. Where are those promises which thou didst make formerly to David? Are they accomplished? Or are they forgotten and disregarded? They seem to be treated as a thing of nought; as if they had not been made. He relied on them; but they are not now fulfilled. Which thou swarest unto David - Which thou didst solemnly promise, even with the implied solemnity of an oath. In thy…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-52Verses 38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God seemed to have cast him off, yet did not make void his covenant, for that was established for ever. The honour of the house of David was lost. Thrones and crowns are often laid in the dust; but there is a crown of glory reserved for Christ's spiritual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-52Book Three (Psalms 73–89) starts and ends with serious questions. Psalm 89 begins with praise for how the Lord established David’s throne and kingdom (89:1–37). But later the psalmist protests that the Lord seems to have rejected his covenant with David (Psalm 89:38–51; see 2 Samuel 7:8–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-5238-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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