Psalm 89:30
New International Version
“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

New Living Translation
But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

English Standard Version
If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,

Berean Standard Bible
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

King James Bible
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

New King James Version
“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

New American Standard Bible
“If his sons abandon My Law And do not walk in My judgments,

NASB 1995
“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

NASB 1977
“If his sons forsake My law, And do not walk in My judgments,

Legacy Standard Bible
“If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

Amplified Bible
“If his children turn away from My law And do not walk in My ordinances,

Christian Standard Bible
If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,

American Standard Version
If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If his children forsake my law and will not walk in my commands

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Contemporary English Version
Suppose some of his children should reject my Law and refuse my instructions.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

English Revised Version
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If his descendants abandon my teachings and do not live by my rules,

Good News Translation
"But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,

International Standard Version
"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

JPS Tanakh 1917
If his children forsake My law, And walk not in Mine ordinances;

Literal Standard Version
If his sons forsake My law, | And do not walk in My judgments;

Majority Standard Bible
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

New American Bible
If his descendants forsake my teaching, do not follow my decrees,

NET Bible
If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

New Revised Standard Version
If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,

New Heart English Bible
If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances;

Webster's Bible Translation
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

World English Bible
If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

Young's Literal Translation
If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

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Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. 30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, 31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

1 Kings 9:6
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

Psalm 89:31
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

Psalm 119:53
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

Proverbs 4:2
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Jeremiah 9:13
And the LORD answered, "It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.


Treasury of Scripture

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

if

Psalm 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

forsake

Psalm 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

walk

Ezekiel 18:9,17
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD…

Ezekiel 20:19
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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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.














(30-33) An elaboration of 2Samuel 7:14-15, and evidently made with a purpose. The poet acknowledges the sin of Israel in past times, but also regards the sufferings of the exile as having been the punishment foretold by them. Hence the sin has been expiated, and the perplexity arises why Israel is still afflicted.

Verse 30. - If his children forsake my Law, and walk not in my judgments (comp. 2 Samuel 7:14, "If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men"). Solomon himself began the falling away (1 Kings 11:1-8). He was followed by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:1), Ahaziah (2 Kings 8:27), Joash (2 Chronicles 24:17-24), Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:16-20), Ahaz (2 Kings 16:2-18), Manasseh (2 Kings 21:2-16), Amon (2 Kings 21:20-22), Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:32), Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:37), Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:9), and Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:19), all of whom "did evil in the sight of the Lord" - forsook his Law, and walked not in has judgments.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

his sons
בָ֭נָיו (ḇā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

forsake
יַֽעַזְב֣וּ (ya·‘az·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

My law
תּוֹרָתִ֑י (tō·w·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law

and do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

walk
יֵלֵכֽוּן׃ (yê·lê·ḵūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in My judgments,
וּ֝בְמִשְׁפָּטַ֗י (ū·ḇə·miš·pā·ṭay)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style


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