Psalm 89:3
New International Version
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

New Living Translation
The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

English Standard Version
You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

Berean Standard Bible
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

King James Bible
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

New King James Version
“I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:

New American Standard Bible
“I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to My servant David,

NASB 1995
“I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

NASB 1977
“I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

Legacy Standard Bible
“I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

Amplified Bible
[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn to David My servant,

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD said,” I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

American Standard Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have established a covenant for my chosen and I have sworn to David my Servant:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

Contemporary English Version
You said, "David, my servant, is my chosen one, and this is the agreement I made with him:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

English Revised Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[You said,] "I have made a promise to my chosen one. I swore this oath to my servant David:

Good News Translation
You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

International Standard Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:

Literal Standard Version
I have made a covenant for My chosen, | I have sworn to My servant David:

Majority Standard Bible
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

New American Bible
I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

NET Bible
The LORD said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

New Revised Standard Version
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:

New Heart English Bible
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

Webster's Bible Translation
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,

World English Bible
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

Young's Literal Translation
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

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Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” 3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: 4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah…

Cross References
Matthew 1:1
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

1 Kings 8:16
Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

Nehemiah 1:5
Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Psalm 89:28
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

Psalm 132:11
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: "One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

Ezekiel 37:26
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.


Treasury of Scripture

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

made

Psalm 89:28,34,39
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him…

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, …

2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

my chosen

Psalm 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalm 78:70
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

sworn

Psalm 89:35
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Psalm 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 3:9
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

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Psalm 89
1. The psalmist praises God for his covenant
5. For his wonderful power
15. For the care of his church
19. For his favor to the kingdom of David
38. Then complaining of contrary events
46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses God.














(3) I have sworn.--The prophetic passage (2Samuel 7:12, seq.) is in the poet's mind.

Verse 3. - I have made a covenant with my chosen. There is an ellipse of "for thou hast said," which Professor Cheyne supplies. God's promise to David is the entire foundation of the psalmist's hope and confidence. He therefore places it briefly in the very forefront - afterwards expanding it into the beautiful passage, which forms more than one-third of the entire composition (vers. 19-37). I have sworn unto David my servant (comp. 2 Samuel 7:11-16; Psalm 132:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You said, “I have made
כָּרַ֣תִּֽי (kā·rat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a covenant
בְ֭רִית (ḇə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with My chosen one,
לִבְחִירִ֑י (liḇ·ḥî·rî)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 972: Select

I have sworn
נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי (niš·ba‘·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

to David
לְדָוִ֥ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

My servant:
עַבְדִּֽי׃ (‘aḇ·dî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant


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