Psalms 89:2
For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, || The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3I have made a covenant for My chosen, || I have sworn to My servant David:
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man—and lies, || And a son of man—and relents! Has He said—and He does not do [it]? And spoken—and He does not confirm it?
Nehemiah 9:17Indeed, they refuse to listen, || And have not remembered Your wonders that You have done with them, || And harden their neck and appoint a head, || To turn back to their service, in their rebellion; And You [are] a God of pardons, || Gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, || And have not forsaken them.
Psalms 36:5O YHWH, Your kindness [is] in the heavens, || Your faithfulness [is] to the clouds.
Psalms 42:1TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. As a deer pants for streams of water, || So my soul pants toward You, O God.
Psalms 89:37It is established as the moon for all time, || And the witness in the sky is steadfast. Selah.
Psalms 119:89[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up 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 →