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Psalm 89:31 KJV
Psalms · chapter 89 · verse 31
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;Psalm 89:31 · King James Version
Psalm 89:31 in context
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- statuteschuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- breakchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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The covenant God made with David and his seed was mentioned before (Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4); but in these verses it is enlarged upon, and pleaded with God, for favour to the royal family, now almost sunk and ruined; yet certainly it looks at Christ, and has its accomplishment in him much more than in David;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-37