Psalms 89:34

89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. will: Heb. I will not make void from him to fall: Heb. to lie

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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

What does Psalms 89:34 mean?

Psalms 89:34 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth), חָלַל (châlal), שָׁנָה (shânâh).

Hebrew interlinear

covenantבְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

will

not

break,חָלַלchâlal/khaw-lal'/H2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

nor

alterשָׁנָהshânâh/shaw-naw'/H8138to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)

the

thing

that

gone

outמוֹצָאmôwtsâʼ/mo-tsaw'/H4161a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)

lips.שָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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Covenant, the God

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:34.

Deuteronomy 23:23

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Numbers 30:12

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 89:34 say?

Psalms 89:34 (King James Version) reads: "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."

Is Psalms 89:34 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:34 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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