Psalms 89:28
(89-29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
In Context
27(89-28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
29(89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:5For is not my house established with God? for an everlasting covenant He hath made with me, ordered in all things, and sure; for all my salvation, and all my desire, will he not make it to grow?
Psalms 111:5He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall My covenant of peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath compassion on thee.
Jeremiah 33:20Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:20-38
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy… Read the whole commentary →