89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,
and my covenant with him is secure. 1
89:34 I will not break 2 my covenant
or go back on what I promised. 3
89:38 But you have spurned 4 and rejected him;
you are angry with your chosen king. 5
1 tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”
2 tn Or “desecrate.”
3 tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”
4 tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.
5 tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (mÿshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).