New King James Version
Psalms 89:33
33Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.
Context of Psalms 89:33
31If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. 34My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. 35Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to 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 shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Kings 11:13However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
- Isaiah 54:8With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,” Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
- Jeremiah 33:20“Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,
- Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
- Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”
- Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
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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