Ps 89:34-37 : 34 {
"verseID": "Psalms.89.34",
"source": "וְחַסְדִּי לֹא־אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֹ וְלֹא־אֲשַׁקֵּר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִי",
"text": "And-*ḥasdî* not-*ʾāpîr* from-with-him and-not-*ʾăšaqqēr* in-*ʾĕmûnātî*",
"grammar": {
"*wᵉ-ḥasdî*": "conjunction + noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my lovingkindness",
"*lōʾ-ʾāpîr*": "negative particle + verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will not remove",
"*mē-ʿimmô*": "preposition + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from with him",
"*wᵉ-lōʾ-ʾăšaqqēr*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, piel imperfect 1st person singular - and I will not lie/deal falsely",
"*bᵉ-ʾĕmûnātî*": "preposition + noun + 1st person singular suffix - in my faithfulness"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥasdî*": "my lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love",
"*ʾāpîr*": "I will remove/take away/break off",
"*ʾăšaqqēr*": "I will lie/deal falsely/be unfaithful",
"*ʾĕmûnātî*": "my faithfulness/steadfastness/reliability"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Psalms.89.35",
"source": "לֹא־אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי וּמוֹצָא שְׂפָתַי לֹא אֲשַׁנֶּה",
"text": "Not-*ʾăḥallēl* *bᵉrîtî* and-*môṣāʾ* *śᵉpātay* not *ʾăšanneh*",
"grammar": {
"*lōʾ-ʾăḥallēl*": "negative particle + verb, piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will not profane",
"*bᵉrîtî*": "noun + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant",
"*û-môṣāʾ*": "conjunction + noun construct - and utterance of",
"*śᵉpātay*": "noun + 1st person singular suffix - my lips",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾăšanneh*": "verb, piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will change"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăḥallēl*": "I will profane/violate/defile",
"*bᵉrîtî*": "my covenant/agreement",
"*môṣāʾ śᵉpātay*": "utterance of my lips/what proceeded from my lips",
"*ʾăšanneh*": "I will change/alter"
}
}
36 {
"verseID": "Psalms.89.36",
"source": "אַחַת נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁי אִם־לְדָוִד אֲכַזֵּב",
"text": "*ʾAḥat* *nišbaʿtî* in-*qodšî*: if-to-*Dāwid* *ʾăkazzēb*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾAḥat*": "numeral, feminine singular - one thing",
"*nišbaʿtî*": "verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I have sworn",
"*bᵉ-qodšî*": "preposition + noun + 1st person singular suffix - by my holiness",
"*ʾim-lᵉ-Dāwid*": "conditional particle + preposition + proper noun - if to David [oath formula]",
"*ʾăkazzēb*": "verb, piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will lie"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾAḥat*": "one thing/once",
"*nišbaʿtî*": "I have sworn/taken oath",
"*bᵉ-qodšî*": "by my holiness/by my sanctuary",
"*ʾim-lᵉ-Dāwid ʾăkazzēb*": "oath formula meaning 'I will not lie to David'"
}
}
37 {
"verseID": "Psalms.89.37",
"source": "זַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּי",
"text": "*Zarʿô* to-*ʿôlām* *yihyeh* and-*kisʾô* like-the-*šemeš* *negdî*",
"grammar": {
"*Zarʿô*": "noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his seed",
"*lᵉ-ʿôlām*": "preposition + noun - forever",
"*yihyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be",
"*wᵉ-kisʾô*": "conjunction + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his throne",
"*ka-ššemeš*": "preposition + definite article + noun - like the sun",
"*negdî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - before me"
},
"variants": {
"*Zarʿô*": "his seed/offspring/descendants",
"*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternal/perpetuity",
"*kisʾô*": "his throne/royal authority",
"*šemeš*": "sun",
"*negdî*": "before me/in my presence"
}
}