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His offspringזַרְעוֹwill beיִהְיֶהforever,לְעוֹלָםand his throneוְכִסְאוֹlike the sunכַשֶּׁמֶשׁbefore me;נֶגְדִּי
Psalms 89:36
Study it in the app“His offspring will be forever, and his throne like the sun before me;”
Even if David's sons fail, God says he will not withdraw his steadfast loveFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:36, word by word
- His offspringזַרְעzar
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- and his throneכִסְאchis
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chis” appears- like the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- before meנֶגְדִּnegdi
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appears
The context
35Once I have sworn by my holiness: I will not lie to David.
36 · This verse (above)
37like the moon it will be established forever, and the witness in the cloud is faithful.” Selah.