Psalms 89:3

Turn not man back to his low place, 1 Whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

In Context

2Before the mountains existed, 1 And before the earth and the world were formed, 1 Even from age to age, thou art. 1

4For a thousand years in thy sight are 1 As the yesterday which is past, 1 And as a watch in the night. 1

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Cross References

Judges 2:1And an angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the place of weeping, and to Bethel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.

2 Samuel 7:10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he has done from the beginning,

1 Kings 8:16From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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 →

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