Psalms 89:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־עוֹלָם אָכִין זַרְעֶךָ וּבָנִיתִי לְדֹר־וָדוֹר כִּסְאֲךָ סֶלָה

Transliteration

Until-ʿôlām I-will-ʾākîn zarʿekā and-I-bānîtî to-dōr-and-dôr kisʾakā selâ

Grammar Details

• *ʿad-ʿôlām*: preposition + noun - until forever/perpetuity
• *ʾākîn*: verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will establish
• *zarʿekā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *û-bānîtî*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will build
• *lᵉ-dōr-wā-dôr*: preposition + noun + conjunction + noun - to generation and generation
• *kisʾakā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your throne
• *selâ*: musical notation/pause

Word Meanings

• *ʿad-ʿôlām*: forever/eternally/perpetually
• *ʾākîn*: I will establish/prepare/make firm
• *zarʿekā*: your seed/offspring/descendants
• *bānîtî*: I will build/establish
• *kisʾakā*: your throne/seat of authority
• *selâ*: musical notation/pause/elevation [meaning uncertain]

Referenced Verses

• Ps 19:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.
• Ps 97:6 : 6 The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.
• Ps 50:6 : 6 The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge.(Selah)
• Rev 7:10-12 : 10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,“Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying:“Amen! Hallelujah!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:“Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear him, both the small and the great!” 6 The Wedding Celebration of the Lamb Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting:“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!
• Ps 89:7 : 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?
• Deut 33:2 : 2 He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.
• Job 5:1 : 1 “Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
• Isa 44:23 : 23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the LORD intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the LORD protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
• Luke 2:10-15 : 10 But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!” 15 When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another,“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”
• Eph 3:10 : 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
• Heb 12:22-23 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
• Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying,“Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
• Rev 5:11-14 : 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands– 12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice:“Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” 13 Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!” 14 And the four living creatures were saying“Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.