Psalms 89:3
I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
In Context
4Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Cross References
Judges 2:1And the agent of LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers. And I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 Samuel 7:10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. Neither shall the sons of iniquity afflict them any more, as at the first,
1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there, but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Psalms 89:19Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty [man]. I have exalted a chosen [man] out of the people.
Psalms 89:34I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalms 132:11LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:2-5
The Divine Mercy and Faithfulness. 1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. The psalmist has a very sad complaint to make of the deplorable condition of the… Read the whole commentary →