Psalms 89:34
(89-35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
In Context
33(89-34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
35(89-36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:44And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
2 Samuel 7:15but My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before 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 →