Psalms 89:28 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 89:28

I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

KJV

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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Commentary

1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. The kings of David's line needed mercy, and mercy prevented their house from utterly perishing until the Son of Mary came. He needs no mercy for himself, but he is a representative man, and the mercy of God is required for those who are in him: for such mercy is kept for ever. And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, as the mercy of God flows to us through him, so the promise of God is, through him, firm to us: My covenant shall stand fast with him, both the covenant of redemption made with him and the covenant of grace made with us in him. The new covenant is therefore always new, and firmly established, because it is lodged in the hands of a Mediator, Heb. viii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance. thou . . . to thy holy one--or godly saint, object of favor (Ps 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This relation is perpetual with David's descendants, as a whole typical in official position of his last greatest descendant. Hence though in personal relations any of them might be faithless and so punished, their typical relation shall continue. His oath confirms His promise, and the most enduring objects of earth and heaven illustrate its perpetual force (Ps 72:5, 7, 17).

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְ֭עוֹלָ֗ם	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →
אֶשְׁמָר	'esh.mor-	I will keep	H8104 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	to him	H8104 →
חַסְדִּ֑י	chas.Di	covenant loyalty my	H2617 →
וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י	u.ve.ri.Ti	and covenant my	H1285 →
נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת	ne.'e.Me.net	[will be] reliable	H539 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	to him

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has…
leads to
- Psalms 89:33–34
  But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
- Psalms 46:2
  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Ephesians 2:4–5
  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Romans 11:29
  For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
Through
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
  I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 4:20
  My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms