New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 89:28
Psalms 89:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
- New International Version (NIV)I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
Context of Psalms 89:28
26He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ 27I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. 29So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. 30“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:28 word by word
לְ֭עוֹלָ֗ם אֶשְׁמָר ל֣וֹ חַסְדִּ֑י וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 89:28
- 2 Samuel 7:15but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the Lord who has compassion on you.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
- Acts 13:32And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
- Psalms 89:34My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.
- Psalms 111:5He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?
- Jeremiah 33:20“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,
Commentaries on Psalms 89:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore - I will not withdraw my favor from him, nor from his posterity, Psalm 89:33-36. In him, and in his Great Descendant, the throne shall be established forever. This dominion will not be like the changing dynasties of this world, but will be perpetual and eternal. And my covenant shall stand fast with him - See 2 Samuel 7:14-16; 2 Samuel 23:5. It shall be firm, or established with him and his family.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-37Verses 19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions and promises are fully…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29The Lord adopted David as his son, appointed him as his commander over the nations, and promised to support him forever. Verse 26 recalls a verse from David’s song of praise (2 Samuel 22:47).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou ... to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.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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