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ifאִםthey profaneיְחַלֵּלוּmy statutesחֻקֹּתַיand do notוּ לֹאkeepיִשְׁמֹרוּmy commandments,מִצְוֺתַי
Psalms 89:31
Study it in the app“if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,”
Even if David's sons fail, God says he will not withdraw his steadfast loveFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:31, word by word
- they profaneיְחַלֵּלוּyechalelu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yechalelu” appears- my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- keepיִשְׁמֹרוּyishmoru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “yishmoru” appears- my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears
The context
30If his sons forsake my instruction and do not walk in my ordinances,
31 · This verse (above)
32then I will call to account their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with blows.