Psalms 89 · Verse 4

Psalms 89:4

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Psalms 89:4, King James Version

Psalms 89:4 in other translations

BSB‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
WEB‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
ASVThy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah
YLT‘Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
DARBYThy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
BBEI will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
WebsterThy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

What does Psalms 89:4 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations - And this covenant had most incontestably Jesus Christ in view. This is the seed, or posterity, that should sit on the throne, and reign for ever and ever. David and his family are long since become extinct; none of his race has sat on the Jewish throne for more than two thousand years: but the Christ has reigned invariably since that time, and will reign till all his enemies are put under his feet; and to this the psalmist says Selah. It will be so, it is so; and it cannot be otherwise; for the Lord hath sworn that he shall have an euerlasting kingdom, as he has an everlasting priesthood.

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 89:4 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.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
ע֭וֹלָםo.lomperpetuityH5769
אָכִ֣ין'a.KhinI will establishH3559
זַרְעֶ֑ךָzar.'E.khaoffspring yourH2233
וּבָנִ֨יתִיu.va.Ni.tiand I will buildH1129
לְדֹר\־le.dor-to a generationH1755
וָד֖וֹרva.Dorand a generationH1755
כִּסְאֲךָ֣kis.'a.Khathrone yourH3678
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

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

Cross references for Psalms 89:4

  • Luke 1:32-33

    He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

  • 2 Samuel 7:12-16

    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. 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: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. …

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  • 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.

  • Philippians 2:9-11

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • Romans 1:3-4

    Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

  • 1 Chronicles 22:10

    He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:10-14

    And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: …

  • 1 Kings 9:5

    Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

  • Acts 13:32-37

    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. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. …

  • Romans 15:12

    And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1,29,36; 72:17; 132:12; 2Sa 7:12-16,29; 1Ki 9:5; 1Ch 17:10-14
1Ch 22:10; Isa 9:6,7; Zec 12:8; Lu 1:32,33; 20:41-44; Ac 13:32-37
Ro 1:3,4; 15:12; Php 2:9-11; Re 22:16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 89:5

    And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

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Psalms 89:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para siempre confirmaré tu simiente, y edificaré tu trono por todas las generaciones. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai fait alliance avec mon élu, j’ai juré à David, mon serviteur:
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Bis in Ewigkeit will ich feststellen deinen Samen, und auf alle Geschlechter hin bauen deinen Thron."
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quæ præteriit: et custodia in nocte