Psalms 89:35 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 89:35

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

KJV

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

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Commentary

1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. Because he could swear by no greater he swore by himself, and by that peculiar attribute which is his highest glory, being the subject of threefold adoration by all the hosts of heaven. God here pledges the crown of his kingdom, the excellent beauty of his person, the essence of his nature. He does as good as say that if he ceases to be true to his covenant he will have forfeited his holy character. What more can he say?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

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,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As Christ was made a priest, so he was made a king, by an oath ( Heb. vii. 21 ); for his kingdom and priesthood are both unchangeable. The choice made of the person to whom the promise is given,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For the covenant's sake: My faithfulness shall not fail, my covenant will I not break. It was supposed that they had broken God's statutes, profaned and polluted them (so the word signifies); "But," says God, "I will not break, I will not profane and pollute, my covenant;" it is the same word.

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
אַ֭חַת	'A.chat	one [time]	H259 →
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי	nish.Ba'.ti	I have sworn an oath	H7650 →
בְקָדְשִׁ֑י	ve.ka.de.Shi	by holiness my	H6944 →
אִֽם־	'im-	if	H518 →
לְדָוִ֥ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
אֲכַזֵּֽב׃	'a.kha.Zev	I will lie	H3576 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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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
Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
leads to
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 John 2:25
  And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- Hebrews 6:17–18
  So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- 2 Timothy 1:1
  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
Through
Hebrews 6:13
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
leads to
- Genesis 22:15–18
  And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
Through
Hebrews 6:17
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
leads to
- Psalms 110:4
  The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 132:11
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:12
  And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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