Psalms 89:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּרַתִּי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְדָוִד עַבְדִּי

Transliteration

I-kāratî bᵉrît to-bᵉḥîrî; I-nišbaʿtî to-Dāwid ʿabdî

Grammar Details

• *kāratî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I have cut/made
• *bᵉrît*: noun, feminine singular - covenant
• *li-bᵉḥîrî*: preposition + noun + 1st person singular suffix - to my chosen one
• *nišbaʿtî*: verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I have sworn
• *lᵉ-Dāwid*: preposition + proper noun - to David
• *ʿabdî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my servant

Word Meanings

• *kāratî*: I cut/I made [covenant idiom]
• *bᵉrît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
• *bᵉḥîrî*: my chosen one/my elect
• *nišbaʿtî*: I swore/I took an oath
• *ʿabdî*: my servant/my slave

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 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. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish 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 mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• Ps 132:12 : 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.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 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. 7 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.
• 1 Chr 17:10-14 : 10 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. 11 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. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 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: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
• 1 Chr 22:10 : 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.
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 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: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
• Luke 20:41-44 : 41 And he said unto them, ‹How say they that Christ is David's son?› 42 ‹And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,› 43 ‹Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.› 44 ‹David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?›
• Acts 13:32-37 : 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 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. 34 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. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
• Rom 1:3-4 : 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
• Rom 15:12 : 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.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; 11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 ‹I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,› [and] ‹the bright and morning star.›
• 1 Kgs 9:5 : 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.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Ps 89:1 : 1 ¶ Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
• Ps 89:29 : 29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
• Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David [shall be] as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
• 2 Sam 7:29 : 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.