Psalms 89:33
(89-34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
In Context
32(89-33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
34(89-35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel 7:15but My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
1 Kings 11:32but he shall have one tribe, for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel —
Psalms 89:39(89-40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
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 →