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
89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,
I will never deceive 4 David.
89:36 His dynasty will last forever. 5
His throne will endure before me, like the sun, 6
89:39 You have repudiated 7 your covenant with your servant; 8
you have thrown his crown to the ground. 9
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 Or “lie to.”
5 tn Heb “his offspring forever will be.”
6 tn Heb “and his throne like the sun before me.”
7 tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
8 tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
9 tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”