Psalms 89:3
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,I have sworn to David, my servant,
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
In Context
4'I will establish your seed forever,and build up your throne to all generations.'"Selah.
Cross References
Judges 2:1The angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, "I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you:
2 Samuel 7:10I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
1 Kings 8:16'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
Psalms 89:19Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones,and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior.I have exalted a young man from the people.
Psalms 89:34I will not break my covenant,nor alter what my lips have uttered.
Psalms 132:11The Lord has sworn to David in truth.He will not turn from it:"I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
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 →