New English Translation
Psalms 89:49
49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
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
47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal? 48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah) Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? 50Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people! 51Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:49 word by word
אַיֵּ֤ה׀ חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לְ֝דָוִ֗ד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 89:49
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”
- Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.
- Psalms 89:3The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:
- Psalms 54:5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
- Psalms 132:11The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
- 2 Samuel 3:9God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him,
- 2 Samuel 7:15But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- Isaiah 55:3Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
- Hebrews 7:21but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation 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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