Psalms 89:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 89:2

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

KJV

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ASV

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

WEB

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

YLT

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

DBT

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

26 verses on the floor

Psalms 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms 36:5
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Acts 13:34
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
Psalms 119:89
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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I have said--expressed, as well as felt, my convictions (2Co 4:13). The object of this faith expressed in God's words (2Sa 7:11-16). with--or literally, "to" my chosen--as the covenant is in the form of a promise. This is worthy of our belief, for His faithfulness (is praised) by the congregation of saints or holy ones; that is, angels (compare De 33:2;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Here we have, (1.) The psalmist's faith and hope: "Things now look black, and threaten the utter extirpation of the house of David; but I have said, and I have warrant from the word of God to say it, that mercy shall be built up for ever. " As the goodness of God's nature is to be the matter of our song (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 89:2NUM 23:19 1SA 15:29
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:2NUM 23:19 TIT 1:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:2NUM 23:19 JAS 1:17
PSA 89:2NUM 23:19 MAL 3:6
PSA 89:2NUM 23:19 HEB 6:18
PSA 89:2HEB 6:18 NUM 23:19
PSA 89:2HEB 6:18 2TI 2:13
PSA 89:2PSA 36:5 PSA 100:5

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