Psalms 89:3
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
In Context
4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
Cross References
Judges 2:1And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:
2 Samuel 7:10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before,
1 Kings 8:16Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Psalms 89:19For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
Psalms 89:34But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
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 →