Psalms 89:33-34

89:33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise.

89:34 I will not break my covenant

or go back on what I promised.


tn Heb “break”; “make ineffectual.” Some prefer to emend אָפִיר (’afir; the Hiphil of פָּרַר, parar, “to break”) to אָסִיר (’asir; the Hiphil of סוּר, sur, “to turn aside”), a verb that appears in 2 Sam 7:15.

tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”

tn Or “desecrate.”

tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”