Verse 28

Psalms 89:28

American Standard Version Byzantine Text

28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him forevermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַף אָ֭נִי בְּכ֣וֹר אֶתְּנֵ֑/הוּ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן לְ/מַלְכֵי אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
I too will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 89 Context
1 Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah forever: With my mouth wi... Focus ↗
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very h... Focus ↗
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant: Focus ↗
4 Thy seed will I establish forever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah Focus ↗
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the ho... Focus ↗
6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jeh... Focus ↗
7 A God (Elohim) very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that a... Focus ↗
8 O Jehovah God (Elohim) of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulnes... Focus ↗
9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. Focus ↗
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the a... Focus ↗
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fullness thereof, thou hast founde... Focus ↗
12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. Focus ↗
13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Focus ↗
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy f... Focus ↗
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countena... Focus ↗
16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted. Focus ↗
17 For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. Focus ↗
18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel. Focus ↗
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I h... Focus ↗
20 I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: Focus ↗
21 With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. Focus ↗
22 The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. Focus ↗
23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. Focus ↗
24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalte... Focus ↗
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. Focus ↗
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God (Elohim), and the rock of my salvation. Focus ↗
27 I also will make him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. Focus ↗
28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him forevermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven. Focus ↗
30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; Focus ↗
31 If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; Focus ↗
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. Focus ↗
33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Focus ↗
34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Focus ↗
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: Focus ↗
36 His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before me. Focus ↗
37 It shall be established forever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah Focus ↗
38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Focus ↗
39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the gr... Focus ↗
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. Focus ↗
41 All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors. Focus ↗
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. Focus ↗
43 Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle. Focus ↗
44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. Focus ↗
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah Focus ↗
46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself forever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire? Focus ↗
47 Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! Focus ↗
48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheo... Focus ↗
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? Focus ↗
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the migh... Focus ↗
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of... Focus ↗
52 Blessed be Jehovah forevermore. Amen, and Amen. Focus ↗