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Psalms 89:2

For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

In Context

1An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

3I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man — and lieth, And a son of man — and repenteth! Hath He said — and doth He not do [it]? And spoken — and doth He not confirm it?

Nehemiah 9:17yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou [art] a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

Psalms 36:5O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds.

Psalms 42:1To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

Psalms 89:37As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.

Psalms 119:89[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy 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 →

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