Psalms 89 · Verse 28

Psalms 89:28

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms 89:28, King James Version

Psalms 89:28 in other translations

BSBI will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
WEBI will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
ASVMy lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
YLTTo the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant is stedfast with him.
DARBYMy loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
BBEI will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
WebsterMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

What does Psalms 89:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:19-37

19-37. 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 (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15). laid help--literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:19-37

The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without measure. David after his anointing, was persecuted, but none could gain advantage against him. Yet all this was a faint shadow of the Redeemer's sufferings, deliverance, glory, and authority, in whom alone these predictions…

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Psalms 89:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְ֭עוֹלָ֗םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
אֶשְׁמָר'esh.mor-I will keepH8104
ל֣וֹloto himH8104
חַסְדִּ֑יchas.Dicovenant loyalty myH2617
וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗יu.ve.ri.Tiand covenant myH1285
נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶתne.'e.Me.net[will be] reliableH539
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 89:28

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Acts 13:32-34

    And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 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.

  • Jeremiah 33:20-21

    Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

  • Isaiah 54:10

    For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

  • 2 Samuel 7:15-16

    But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

  • Psalms 89:33-34

    Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

  • Psalms 111:5

    He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

  • Psalms 111:9

    He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

  • 2 Samuel 23:5

    Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mercy.
2Sa 7:15,16; Isa 54:10; 55:3; Ac 13:32-34
covenant.
34; 111:5,9; 2Sa 23:5; Jer 33:20,21

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Context

  • Psalms 89:27

    Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

  • Psalms 89:28

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

  • Psalms 89:29

    His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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Psalms 89:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para siempre le conservaré mi misericordia; y mi alianza será firme con él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Aussi moi, je ferai de lui le premier-né, le plus élevé des rois de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ewig will ich ihm meine Güte bewahren, und mein Bund soll ihm fest bleiben.