New International Version
Psalms 89:30
30“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
Psalms 89:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,
Context of Psalms 89:30
28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. “If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, 31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, 32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
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 statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,
- Psalms 119:53Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
- Proverbs 4:2I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
- Jeremiah 9:13The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.
- Ezekiel 18:9He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:19I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees 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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