Psalm 89:2 {88:3}
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For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

mercy

Psalm 36:5 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

Nehemiah 1:5 And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:

Nehemiah 9:17,31 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them. . . .

Luke 1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Ephesians 1:6,7 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son. . . .

faithfulness

Psalm 89:5,37 The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints. . . .

Psalm 119:89 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Psalm 146:6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, we who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us.

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
1Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. [2] The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. 2For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.3I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:5
And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:

Psalm 36:5
O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

Psalm 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

Psalm 119:89
For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Psalm 119:90
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

Psalm 143:1
A psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued him. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I have said,
אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Loving devotion
חֶ֣סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

is built up
יִבָּנֶ֑ה (yib·bā·neh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

forever;
ע֭וֹלָם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

in the heavens
שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

You establish
תָּכִ֖ן (tā·ḵin)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

Your faithfulness.”
אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ (’ĕ·mū·nā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity


Additional Translations
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
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