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Psalms 89:28 — King James Version← Study notes

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.


Psalms 89:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:287 words
HebrewMeaning
אַףʾap
alsoparticleH637
although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···
אָ֭נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּכ֣וֹרbəkwōr
firstbornnounH1060
firstborn
אֶתְּנֵ֑/הוּʾetənēhw
I will make himverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןʿeləywōn
most highadjH5945
on) high(-er · -est) · upper
לְ/מַלְכֵיləmaləkēy
to the kings ofpronH4428
royal
אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words 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 89:28

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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