Psalms 89:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have made{H8804)} a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn{H8738)} 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

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Referenced Verses

Ps 132:11 : 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
2 Sam 7:10-16 : 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 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.
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 an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Jer 30:9 : 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should 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 the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Matt 3:17 : 17 And lo a voice from heaven, 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 shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man 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 trust.
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.
Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Heb 7:21 : 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Ps 78:70 : 70 He chose{H8799)} David also his servant, and took{H8799)} him from the sheepfolds:
Ps 89:19 : 19 Then thou spakest{H8765)} in vision to thy holy one, and saidst{H8799)}, I have laid{H8765)} help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted{H8689)} one chosen{H8803)} out of the people.
Ps 89:28 : 28 My mercy will I keep{H8799)} for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast{H8737)} with him.
Ps 89:34-35 : 34 My covenant will I not break{H8762)}, nor alter{H8762)} the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} unto David.
Ps 89:39 : 39 Thou hast made void{H8765)} the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned{H8765)} his crown by casting it to the ground.
2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment 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 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 89:33-39
7 verses
85%
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take{H8686)} from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail{H8762)}.
34My covenant will I not break{H8762)}, nor alter{H8762)} the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established{H8735)} for ever as the moon, and as a faithful{H8737)} witness in heaven. Selah.
38But thou hast cast off{H8804)} and abhorred{H8799)}, thou hast been wroth{H8694)} with thine anointed.
39Thou hast made void{H8765)} the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned{H8765)} his crown by casting it to the ground.
Ps 89:19-21
3 verses
81%
19Then thou spakest{H8765)} in vision to thy holy one, and saidst{H8799)}, I have laid{H8765)} help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted{H8689)} one chosen{H8803)} out of the people.
20I have found{H8804)} David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed{H8804)} him:
21With whom my hand shall be established{H8735)}: mine arm also shall strengthen{H8762)} him.
Ps 89:27-29
3 verses
80%
27Also I will make{H8799)} him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28My mercy will I keep{H8799)} for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast{H8737)} with him.
29His seed also will I make{H8804)} to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Ps 132:11-13
3 verses
79%
11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Ps 89:1-2
2 verses
78%
1Maschil{H8688)} of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing{H8799)} of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known{H8686)} thy faithfulness to all generations.
2For I have said{H8804)}, Mercy shall be built up{H8735)} for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish{H8686)} in the very heavens.
Ps 89:4
77%
4Thy seed will I establish{H8686)} for ever, and build up{H8804)} thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Ps 89:49
74%
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest{H8738)} unto David in thy truth?
1 Kgs 1:29-30
2 verses
74%
29And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Ps 89:24-25
2 verses
73%
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted{H8799)}.
25I will set{H8804)} his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
1 Kgs 8:24
73%
24Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
Ps 132:2
73%
2How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Ps 105:8-9
2 verses
73%
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Ps 132:17
73%
17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
2 Chr 6:15
72%
15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
1 Chr 17:12-14
3 verses
72%
12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13I 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:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
Ps 78:69-70
2 verses
72%
69And he built{H8799)} his sanctuary like high{H8802)} palaces, like the earth which he hath established{H8804)} for ever.
70He chose{H8799)} David also his servant, and took{H8799)} him from the sheepfolds:
1 Kgs 8:16
72%
16Since 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 an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Ps 119:106
72%
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
2 Chr 7:18
72%
18Then 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.
2 Chr 23:3
72%
3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
Jer 33:21
72%
21Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Isa 45:23
71%
23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
1 Kgs 9:5
71%
5Then 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.
1 Chr 17:7
71%
7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
Ps 2:6-7
2 verses
71%
6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
2 Sam 7:25
71%
25And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Ps 110:4
71%
4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Ezek 34:24
70%
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
1 Kgs 11:39
70%
39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
2 Chr 6:6
70%
6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.