Psalms 89:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶם

Transliteration

For I-ʾāmartî: ʿôlām ḥesed yibbāneh; šāmayim you-tākîn ʾĕmûnātᵉkā in-them

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾāmartî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I have said
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity/forever
• *ḥesed*: noun, masculine singular - lovingkindness/mercy
• *yibbāneh*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be built
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual/plural - heavens
• *tākîn*: verb, hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will establish
• *ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithfulness
• *bāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmartî*: I said/I have declared
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternal/perpetuity
• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love
• *yibbāneh*: will be built/established/founded
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *tākîn*: you will establish/prepare/make firm
• *ʾĕmûnātᵉkā*: your faithfulness/steadfastness/reliability

Referenced Verses

• Ps 132:11 : 11 Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
• 2 Sam 7:10-16 : 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, 11 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house. 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 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; 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 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 a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• Jer 30:9 : 9 but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
• Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 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. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
• Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• Matt 12:18-21 : 18 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 declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
• Acts 2:30 : 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
• Heb 7:21 : 21 (for {G3303} they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);
• Ps 78:70 : 70 He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
• Ps 89:19 : 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Ps 89:28 : 28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
• Ps 89:34-35 : 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
• Ps 89:39 : 39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
• Isa 55:3 : 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.
• 2 Sam 3:9 : 9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;