Psalms 89:3
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
In Context
4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
Cross References
Judges 2:1Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
2 Samuel 7:10And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Psalms 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your 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 →