Psalms 89:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future 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 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. 15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”
• Ps 132:12 : 12 If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.
• 1 Chr 17:10-14 : 10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.“‘“I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you! 11 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 14 I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”
• 1 Chr 22:10 : 10 He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’
• Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”
• Luke 20:41-44 : 41 The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord But he said to them,“How is it that they say that the Christ is David’s son? 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand, 43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ 44 If David then calls him‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
• Acts 13:32-37 : 32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, 33 that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm,‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’ 34 But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way:‘I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.’ 35 Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’ 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay, 37 but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.
• Rom 1:3-4 : 3 concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, 4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 15:12 : 12 And again Isaiah says,“The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”
• 1 Kgs 9:5 : 5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
• Ps 72:17 : 17 May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!
• Ps 89:1 : 1 A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
• Ps 89:29 : 29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,
• Zech 12:8 : 8 On that day the LORD himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.
• 2 Sam 7:29 : 29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!”