Psalms 89:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.”

Psalms 89:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:29 words

HebrewMeaning

חַֽסְדֵ֣יḥasədēy

the covenant loyalti ofnounH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

עוֹלָ֣םʿwōlām

forevernounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

אָשִׁ֑ירָהʾāšiyrāh

I will singverbH7891

לְ/דֹ֥רlədōr

to a generationpronH1755

evermore · generation · ever · posterity

וָ/דֹ֓רwādōr

and a generationconjH1755

evermore · generation · ever · posterity

אוֹדִ֖יעַʾwōdiyʿa

I will make knownverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֱמוּנָתְ/ךָ֣ʾĕmwnātəkā

faithfulness yournounH530

-ly · -ness · ) · set office ···

בְּ/פִֽ/יbəpiy

with mouth mypronH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 89:2

1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 89 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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