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OnceאַחַתI have swornנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיby my holiness:בְקָדְשִׁיI will notאִםlieאֲכַזֵּבto David.לְדָוִד
Psalms 89:35
Study it in the app“Once I have sworn by my holiness: I will not lie to David.”
Even if David's sons fail, God says he will not withdraw his steadfast loveFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:35, word by word
- Onceאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- I have swornנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- by my holinessקָדְשִׁkadshi
holiness
What belongs to God; what makes him set apart and pure.
Where else “kadshi” appears- lieאֲכַזֵּבachazev
lie
To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
Where else “achazev” appears- to Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears
The context
34I will not profane my covenant, and what has gone out of my lips I will not change.
35 · This verse (above)
36His offspring will be forever, and his throne like the sun before me;