Psalms 89:3

Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

In Context

2Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.

4For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.

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Cross References

Judges 2:1And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the + 2:1 Heb. ככיס. place of weeping, and to Bæthel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.

2 Samuel 7:10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant + 7:10 Gr. it.them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he has done from the beginning,

1 Kings 8:16From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one + 8:16 Gr. staff.tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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 →

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