Psalms 89:3
\89:2\For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
In Context
Cross References
Judges 2:1Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:
2 Samuel 7:10And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,
1 Kings 8:16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.
Psalms 89:19\89:18\For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
Psalms 89:34\89:33\But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
Psalms 132:11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.
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 →