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Psalm 89:35 KJV
Psalms · chapter 89 · verse 35
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.Psalm 89:35 · King James Version
Psalm 89:35 in context
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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Key words (Strong's)
- holinessqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- swornshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- Onceʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- liekâzabto lie , literally or figurativelyH3576 →
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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