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Psa. 89:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworng unto David my servant,

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2 Sam. 7:11• ¹¹and since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house. (2 Sam. 7:11)

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made.

Psa. 89:28,34,39• ²⁸My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground: (Psa. 89:28,34,39)

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2 Sam. 7:10‑16• ¹⁰And I will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as formerly,
¹¹and since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.
¹²When thy days are 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.
¹³It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
¹⁴I 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 sons of men;
¹⁵but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee.
¹⁶And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. (2 Sam. 7:10‑16)

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2 Sam. 23:5• ⁵Although my house be not so before *God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For this is all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make it not to grow. (2 Sam. 23:5)

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1 Kings 8:16• 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 a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel. (1 Kings 8:16)

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Isa. 55:3• ³Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:3)

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Jer. 30:9• ⁹But they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (Jer. 30:9)

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Jer. 33:20‑21• ²⁰Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
²¹then shall 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. (Jer. 33:20‑21)

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Ezek. 34:23‑24• ²³And 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.
²⁴And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken it. (Ezek. 34:23‑24)

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Hos. 3:5• ⁵Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days. (Hos. 3:5)

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Luke 1:32‑33• ³²*He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;
³³and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end. (Luke 1:32‑33)

my chosen.

Psa. 89:19• ¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. (Psa. 89:19)

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Psa. 78:70• ⁷⁰And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: (Psa. 78:70)

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Isa. 42:1• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)

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Matt. 3:17• ¹⁷and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight. (Matt. 3:17)

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Matt. 12:18‑21• ¹⁸Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.
¹⁹He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;
²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;
²¹and on his name shall the nations hope. (Matt. 12:18‑21)

sworn.

Psa. 89:35• ³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David: (Psa. 89:35)

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Psa. 132:11• ¹¹Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne; (Psa. 132:11)

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2 Sam. 3:9• ⁹So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him; (2 Sam. 3:9)

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Acts 2:30• ³⁰Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne; (Acts 2:30)

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Heb. 7:21• ²¹(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent of it, *Thou* art priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec;) (Heb. 7:21)

• (vv. 3-4) The two verses that follow recite the covenant of mercy with David, which is made sure by the faithfulness of Jehovah (2 Sam. 23:5; Acts 13:34). (“Psalms 89” by H. Smith)

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I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant: