Psalms 89 · Verse 3

Psalms 89:3

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Psalms 89:3, King James Version

Psalms 89:3 in other translations

BSBYou said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
WEB“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
ASVI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
YLTI have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
DARBYI have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
BBEI have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
WebsterI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,

What does Psalms 89:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:3-4
3-4. The object of this faith expressed in God's words (2Sa 7:11-16). with--or literally, "to" my chosen--as the covenant is in the form of a promise.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen - I have made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and renewed it with Moses and Joshua in reference to the Israelites in general: but I have made one with David in especial relation to himself and posterity, of whom, according to the flesh, the Christ is to come. And this is the covenant with David: -

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:1-4

Though our expectations may be disappointed, yet God's promises are established in the heavens, in his eternal counsels; they are out of the reach of opposers in hell and earth. And faith in the boundless mercy and everlasting truth of God, may bring comfort even in the deepest trials.

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Psalms 89:3 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.

כָּרַ֣תִּֽיka.Ra.tiI have madeH3772
בְ֭רִיתVe.rita covenantH1285
לִבְחִירִ֑יliv.chi.Rito chosen one myH972
נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiI have sworn an oathH7650
לְדָוִ֥דle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
עַבְדִּֽי\׃'av.Diservant myH5650

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

Cross references for Psalms 89:3

  • Psalms 132:11

    The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

  • 2 Samuel 7:10-16

    Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. …

  • 1 Kings 8:16

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • Hebrews 7:21

    (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

  • Acts 2:30

    Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

  • Psalms 89:28

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

  • Psalms 89:34-35

    My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto 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.

  • Ezekiel 34:23-24

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Jeremiah 30:9

    But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

  • 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.

  • Matthew 12:18-21

    Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
made.
28,34,39; 2Sa 7:10-16; 23:5; 1Ki 8:16; Isa 55:3; Jer 30:9; 33:20,21
Eze 34:23,24; Ho 3:5; Lu 1:32,33
my chosen.
19; 78:70; Isa 42:1; Mt 3:17; 12:18-21
sworn.
35; 132:11; 2Sa 3:9; Ac 2:30; Heb 7:21

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Context

  • Psalms 89:2

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

  • Psalms 89:3

    I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

  • Psalms 89:4

    Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

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Psalms 89:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hice alianza con mi escogido; juré á David mi siervo, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car j’ai dit: La bonté sera édifiée pour toujours; dans les cieux mêmes tu établiras ta fidélité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Einen Bund habe ich mit meinem Auserwählten gemacht, habe David, meinem Knechte, geschworen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ne avertas hominem in humilitatem: et dixisti: Convertimini, filii hominum.