Psalms 89:31 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 89:31

if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

BSB

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ASV

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

KJV

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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Commentary

1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments. The dreadful "if" is suggested again, and the sad case is stated in other forms. But if it should be so, what then? Death and rejection? Ah, no; Blessed be God, No! If their sin be negative or positive, if it be forsaking or profanation; if either judgments or commandments or both be violated, yet there is not a word as to final destruction, but the very reverse. Legalism will import its ifs, but the Lord slays the ifs as fast as they rise.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) If we apply it to David, by his seed we are to understand his successors, Solomon and the following kings of Judah, who descended from the loins of David. It is supposed that they might degenerate, and not walk in the spirit and steps of their father David; in such a case they must expect to come under divine rebukes, such as the house of David was at this time under,

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

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
חֻקֹּתַ֥י	chu.ko.Tai	statutes my	H2708 →
יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ	ye.cha.Le.lu	they will violate	H2490 →
וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י	u.mitz.vo.Tai	and commandments my	H4687 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃	yish.Mo.ru	they will keep	H8104 →

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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
Psalms 55:20
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
leads to
- Psalms 89:34
  I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- Acts 12:1
  About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- Psalms 7:4
  if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
- Psalms 120:6–7

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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