Psalms 89:2
For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
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In Context
1I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
3“I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
Cross References
Psalms 36:5Your love, O Lord, touches the heavens, your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.
Psalms 89:37firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” Selah
Psalms 119:89Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly 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 →