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Psalms 89:3

89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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

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

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

89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

What does Psalms 89:3 mean?

Psalms 89:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כָּרַת (kârath), בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth), בָּחִיר (bâchîyr).

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I
have
madeכָּרַתkârath/kaw-rath'/H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
a
covenantבְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
with
my
chosen,בָּחִירbâchîyr/baw-kheer'/H972select
I
have
swornשָׁבַעshâbaʻ/shaw-bah'/H7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
unto
DavidדָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse
my
servant,עֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:3.

Exodus 23:32

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 24:8

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Exodus 34:10

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

Exodus 34:12

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Exodus 34:15

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Exodus 34:27

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Genesis 15:18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 17:14

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

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What does Psalms 89:3 say?

Psalms 89:3 (King James Version) reads: "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,"

Is Psalms 89:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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