Psalms 89 · Verse 30

Psalms 89:30

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Psalms 89:30, King James Version

Psalms 89:30 in other translations

BSBIf his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
WEBIf his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
ASVIf his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
YLTIf his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
DARBYIf his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
BBEIf his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
WebsterIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

What does Psalms 89:30 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 If his children forsake my law - See the notes on 2Sam 7:13, where this and some of the following verses are explained.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 89:30 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.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
יַֽעַזְב֣וּya.'az.Vuthey will forsakeH5800
בָ֭נָיוVa.navsons hisH1121
תּוֹרָתִ֑יto.ra.Tilaw myH8451
וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗יu.ve.mish.pa.Taiand in judgments myH4941
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יֵלֵכֽוּן\׃ye.le.Khunthey will walk !H1980

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

Cross references for Psalms 89:30

  • 2 Samuel 7:14

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • Psalms 119:53

    Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

  • Proverbs 28:4

    They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

  • Psalms 132:12

    If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

  • Proverbs 4:2

    For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:17-22

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. …

  • Ezekiel 18:17

    That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  • Ezekiel 20:19

    I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

  • Jeremiah 9:13-16

    And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

  • Ezekiel 18:9

    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If.
132:12; 2Sa 7:14; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 7:17-22
forsake.
119:53; Pr 4:2; 28:4; Jer 9:13-16
walk.
Eze 18:9,17; 20:19; Lu 1:6

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Context

  • Psalms 89:29

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

  • Psalms 89:30

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

  • Psalms 89:31

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

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Psalms 89:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si dejaren sus hijos mi ley, y no anduvieren en mis juicios;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je ferai subsister sa semence à perpétuité, et son trône comme les jours des cieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn seine Söhne mein Gesetz verlassen und nicht wandeln in meinen Rechten,