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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have made
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
a covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
with my chosen
bachiyr (Hebrew #972)
select
KJV usage: choose, chosen one, elect.
Pronounce: baw-kheer'
Origin: from 977
, I have sworn
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
g unto David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
my servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
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2 Sam. 7:11• 11and as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also Jehovah telleth thee that he will make thee an house. (2 Sam. 7:11)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 89:28,34,39• 28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
 34Nor will I profane my covenant,{HR}Nor change what is gone out of my lips.
 39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant;{HR}{i}Thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:{/i} (Psa. 89:28,34,39)
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2 Sam. 7:10‑16• 10Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as beforetime,
 11and as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also Jehovah telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
 12And when thy days be 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.
 13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
 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 children of men.
 15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
 16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever. (2 Sam. 7:10‑16)
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2 Sam. 23:5• 5Although my house be not so with God;{HR}Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,{HR}Ordered in all things, and sure:{HR}For this is all my salvation, and all my desire,{HR}Although he make it not to grow. (2 Sam. 23:5)
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1 Kings 8:16• 16{i}Since 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.{/i} (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 of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
 21then may 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 among them; I Jehovah have spoken it. (Ezek. 34:23‑24)
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Hos. 3:5• 5afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek their God, and David their king; and shall fear Jehovah and his goodness in the latter days. (Hos. 3:5)
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Luke 1:32‑33• 32He 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,{HR}And saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one,{HR}I have exalted one chosen from the people. (Psa. 89:19)
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Psa. 78:70• 70And he chose David his servant,{HR}And took him from the sheepfold; (Psa. 78:70)
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Isa. 42:1• 1Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)
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Matt. 3:17• 17{i}and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.{/i} (Matt. 3:17)
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Matt. 12:18‑21• 18{i}Behold 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 show forth judgment to the nations.{/i}
 19{i}He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall anyone hear his voice in the streets;{/i}
 20{i}a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;{/i}
 21{i}and on his name shall [the] nations hope.{/i} (Matt. 12:18‑21)
sworn.
Psa. 89:35• 35Once have I sworn in my holiness,{HR}I will not lie to David, (Psa. 89:35)
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Psa. 132:11• 11Jehovah hath sworn to David [in] truth;{HR}He will not turn from it:{HR}Of the fruit of thy body (belly){HR}Will I set upon thy throne; (Psa. 132:11)
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2 Sam. 3:9• 9{i}So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;{/i} (2 Sam. 3:9)
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Acts 2:30• 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him of the fruit of his loins to seat upon his throne, (Acts 2:30)
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Heb. 7:21• 21(for they indeed apart from oath-swearing are become priests, but he with oath-swearing by him that saith unto him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou [art] priest forever [according to the order of Melchizedek] (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). (“Psalm 89” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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I have made a covenant with mine elect [one],{HR}I have sworn to David my servant.