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