Psalm 89:2

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Quoniam dixisti: In æternum misericordia ædificabitur in cælis; præparabitur veritas tua in eis.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Psalms 89:1–52

Book Three (Psalms 73–89) starts and ends with serious questions. Psalm 89 begins with praise for how the Lord established David’s throne and kingdom (89:1–37). But later the psalmist protests that the Lord seems to have rejected his covenant with David (Psalm 89:38–51; see 2 Samuel 7:8–16).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Psalm 36:5
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Nehemiah 9:31
But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
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?
Psalm 103:17
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
Hebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Psalm 89:5
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
Psalm 42:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalm 146:6
…the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Ephesians 1:6–7
…to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Nehemiah 1:5
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Psalm 119:89
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Psalm 89:37
…like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

Glossary

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Topics

Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of God: Faithfulness of God: Mercy of Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning Universality of the Kingdom of The Faithfulness of God: Declared to Be: Established

Psalm 89:2

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