Psalms 89:3
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 89 connects to 10 cross-references. A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite — the longest psalm in Book III — begins with extensive praise of God's covenant with David: his throne will endure as the sun. But the second half is a devastating lament that God …
Other Translations
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
Cross References
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do …
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a …
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all …
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all …
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; …
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.