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ForeverלְעוֹלָםI will keepאֶשְׁמָרfor himלוֹmy loyal love,חַסְדִּיand my covenantוּבְרִיתִיwill be firmנֶאֱמֶנֶתfor him.לוֹ
Psalms 89:28
Study it in the app“Forever I will keep for him my loyal love, and my covenant will be firm for him.”
Even if David's sons fail, God says he will not withdraw his steadfast loveFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:28, word by word
- Foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- I will keepאֶשְׁמָרeshmar
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “eshmar” appears- my loyal loveחַסְדִּchasdi
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasdi” appears- and my covenantבְרִיתִveriti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “veriti” appears- will be firmנֶאֱמֶנֶתneemenet
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neemenet” appears
The context
27I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 · This verse (above)
29And I will set his offspring forever, and his throne like the days of the heavens.