Psalms 89:2
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
Psalms 119:89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
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 →