Psalms 89:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Psalms 89:3 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 132:11
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
2 Samuel 7:10-16
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, …
Psalms 89:28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms 89:34-35
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. …
1 Kings 8:16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

Topics

Church Congregation David Ecclesiasticism Fraternity Generals, Distinguished Israel Jesus, the Christ

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

The psalmist has a very sad complaint to make of the deplorable condition of the family of David at this time, and yet he begins the psalm with songs of praise; for we must, in every thing, in every state, give thanks; thus we must glorify the Lord in the fire. We think, when we are in trouble, that we get ease by complaining; but we do more—we get joy, by praising. Let our complaints therefore be…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3-4. The object of this faith expressed in God’s words (2Sa 7:11-16). with--or literally, “to” my chosen--as the covenant is in the form of a promise.