Psalm 89:3-4

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

3 You have said, "I have made m a covenant with my n chosen one;
I have o sworn to David my servant:
4 'I will establish your p offspring forever,
and build your q throne for all generations.'" Selah

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 89:28
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
    Psalms 89:34
    I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
    Psalms 89:39
    You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 89:19
    Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
    1 Kings 8:16
    'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
    Isaiah 42:1
    Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 89:35
    Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I wil...
    Psalms 89:49
    Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, whic...
    Psalms 132:11
    The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which ...
    2 Samuel 7:8 - 16
    Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servan...
    1 Chronicles 17:7 - 14
    Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servan...
    Jeremiah 33:17 - 21
    For thus says the Lord : David shall never lack...
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
    Psalms 89:36
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Isaiah 9:7
    Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
    Luke 1:32 - 33
    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
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