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Psalms 89:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.


Psalms 89:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 89:46 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּרַ֣תִּֽיkāratiy
I have madeverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
בְ֭רִיתbəriyt
a covenantnounH1285
feder · covenant · league
לִ/בְחִירִ֑/יlibəḥiyriy
to chosen one mypronH972
chosen one · elect
נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnišəbaʿətiy
I have sworn an oathverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
לְ/דָוִ֥דlədāwid
to DavidpronH1732
עַבְדִּֽ/יʿabədiy
servant mynounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
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 89:4

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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