Psalms 89:34
I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
In Context
33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
35Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:44Yet 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 loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you;
Jeremiah 33:20“The LORD says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time,
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
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 →