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like the moonכְּיָרֵחַit will be establishedיִכּוֹןforever,עוֹלָםand the witnessוְעֵדin the cloudבַּשַּׁחַקis faithful.”נֶאֱמָןSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 89:37
Study it in the app“like the moon it will be established forever, and the witness in the cloud is faithful.” Selah.”
Even if David's sons fail, God says he will not withdraw his steadfast loveFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 89:37, word by word
- like the moonיָרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- it will be establishedיִכּוֹןyikon
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “yikon” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- and the witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- in the cloudשַּׁחַקshachak
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shachak” appears- is faithfulנֶאֱמָןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
“The witness in the cloud”: it can be understood of the moon itself, set in the sky as a witness of the promise, or of YHWH.
The context
36His offspring will be forever, and his throne like the sun before me;
37 · This verse (above)
38But you have rejected and despised; you have become enraged with your anointed.