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Psalms 89:3
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to the psalmist, recounting a past divine declaration to David. The moment occurs within a liturgical recollection of God’s enduring faithfulness and covenantal promises.
The words — כָּרַתִּי (kara.ti) translates literally as “I have made,” and בְּרִית (be.rit) means “a covenant.” These terms establish the binding nature of the divine commitment.
The thread — The covenant language echoes in Psalms 132:11, 2 Samuel 7:10, and 1 Kings 8:16, where God’s oath to David is repeatedly affirmed as an unrevoked promise.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that God’s spoken oath establishes a permanent, unbreakable commitment to David and his lineage. It demands acknowledgment of divine reliability as the foundation for human trust.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Cross-references
- Psalms 132:11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- 2 Samuel 7:10 And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- 1 Kings 8:16 ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 89:28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- Acts 2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Hebrews 7:21 but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- 2 Samuel 23:5 Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Psalms 89:34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- Jeremiah 30:9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 33:20 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,