New English Translation
Psalms 89:30
30If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,
Psalms 89:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- New International Version (NIV)“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
- English Standard Version (ESV)If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
Context of Psalms 89:30
28I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. 29I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, 31if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:30 word by word
אִם־יַֽעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו תּוֹרָתִ֑י וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י לֹ֣א יֵלֵכֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:30
- Psalms 132:12If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.
- Psalms 119:53Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.
- Proverbs 4:2Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
- Jeremiah 9:13The Lord answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
- Ezekiel 18:9and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:19I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
- Luke 1:6They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30If his children forsake my law - See the notes on 2 Samuel 7:13, where this and some of the following verses are explained.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30If his children - His posterity; his successors on the throne. Forsake my law - If they are not regulated by it in the administration of their government, and in their private lives. It is here supposed that they might forsake his law, or fail to observe it; but still there is the assurance that the power would not depart permanently from the successors of David, but that it would be restored ultimately to that line, and be permanent and eternal. And walk…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. 30-37The Lord disciplines his children when they go astray, but he does not reject them. He knows they will break their trust and will need correction, yet he remains committed to keep his covenant. His faithfulness to David is like his faithfulness to the created world.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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