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Psalms 89:34 — King James Version← Study notes

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.


Psalms 89:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:347 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ֭/חַסְדִּ/יwəḥasədiy
and covenant loyalty myconjH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָפִ֣ירʾāpiyr
I will break offverbH6331
bring to nought · utterly take
מֵֽ/עִמּ֑/וֹmēʿimwō
from with himpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗רʾăšaqēr
I will deal falselyverbH8266
deal falsely · lie
בֶּ/אֱמוּנָתִֽ/יbeʾĕmwnātiy
with faithfulness mypronH530
-ly · -ness · ) · set office ···
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 89:34

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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