New English Translation
Psalms 89:33
33But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.
Psalms 89:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- New International Version (NIV)but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
Context of Psalms 89:33
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. But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise. 34I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised. 35Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:33 word by word
וְ֭חַסְדִּי לֹֽא־אָפִ֣יר מֵֽעִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗ר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:33
- 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.
- 1 Kings 11:13But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 54:8In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.
- Jeremiah 33:20“I, Lord, make the following promise: ‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant
- Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not reject us forever.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Psalms 89:39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 15:29The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”
- Hebrews 6:18so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:33
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Nevertheless my loving-kindness - My mercy; my favor. I will not utterly cast him off. He shall not be in the condition of those who are my enemies, or who are entirely forsaken. Will I not utterly take from him - Margin, “I will not make void from.” The Hebrew word - פרר pârar - means to break, to break in pieces; then, to violate, as a covenant; then, to make vain, to bring to nought, to frustrate; then, to annul, to abolish. The idea here is that of…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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