Revised Version 1895

Psalms 89:20-37

20I have found David my servant; with myholyלַֽחֲסִידֶ֗יךָla.cha.si.Dei.khaH2623oil have I anointed him:

21With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22The enemy shallnotתִּכּ֣וֹןti.KonH3559exactuponיָ֭דִיYa.diH3027him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23And I will beat down his adversariesbeforeH3808him, and smite them that hate him.

24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25I willsetתָּר֥וּםta.RumH7311his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

26He shall cry untomeוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יve.sam.TiH7760, Thou art my father, myGodיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027, and the rock of my salvation.

27I also willmakeיִ֭קְרָאֵנִיYik.ra.'e.niH7121him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29His seed also will I make toendureH5769foreverלְ֭עוֹלָ֗םle.'o.LamH5769, and his throne as thedaysH5769of heaven.

30Ifוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יve.sam.TiH7760hischildrenזַרְע֑וֹzar.'OH2233forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

31IfH518they break my statutes, and keepnotH3808my commandments;

32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

33But my mercy will I not utterlytakeH6485from him, norsufferH6485my faithfulness to fail.

34My covenant will InotH3808break,norH3808alter the thing that isgoneH3808out of my lips.

35Once have I sworn by my holiness; I willnotH3808lie unto David;

36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

37It shall be established foreverH5769as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

Commentaries on Psalms 89

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain