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Psalms 89:3
3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
Psalms 89:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:
Context of Psalms 89:3
1I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 4‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ” 5The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
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כָּרַ֣תִּֽי בְ֭רִית לִבְחִירִ֑י נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי לְדָוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:3
- Psalms 89:28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
- 2 Samuel 7:10And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning
- 2 Samuel 23:5“If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.
- 1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
- Isaiah 55:3Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
- Jeremiah 30:9Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,
- Ezekiel 34:23I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
- Hosea 3:5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
- Psalms 89:19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
- Psalms 78:70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;
- Isaiah 42:1“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
- Matthew 12:18“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Psalms 89:35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—
Commentaries on Psalms 89:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I have made a covenant with my chosen - I have made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and renewed it with Moses and Joshua in reference to the Israelites in general: but I have made one with David in especial relation to himself and posterity, of whom, according to the flesh, the Christ is to come. And this is the covenant with David: -Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I have made a covenant with my chosen - With my chosen one; that is, with David. The original is in the singular number, though by the Septuagint, and the Vulgate, and by Luther, it is rendered in the plural - chosen ones - elect. This is undoubtedly the language of God himself, though it is not expressly ascribed to him. The design is to describe the solemn promise which God had made to David and to his posterity. Compare Psalm 78:70-71. See also, on the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord has sworn by his own holiness (Psalm 89:35; see 110:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The object of this faith expressed in God's words (2Sa 7:11-16). with--or literally, "to" my chosen--as the covenant is in the form of a promise.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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