Bible Strands
Psalms 89:30
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to the Davidic covenant, immediately qualifying the preceding promise of an unbroken royal line. The moment establishes a conditional framework for the king’s descendants regarding their standing under the covenant.
The words — יַֽעַזְב֣וּ (ya.'az.Vu) literally means "they will forsake," paired with תּוֹרָתִ֑י (to.ra.T/i) meaning "law/my." These terms specify the exact breach that activates the covenant’s conditional clause.
The thread — This conditional covenant structure parallels the disciplinary warning in 2 Samuel 7:14 and the call to wholehearted service in 1 Chronicles 28:9. The rejection of divine instruction similarly provokes the righteous indignation recorded in Psalms 119:53.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to acknowledge that enduring promises function within a framework of obedience. A reader must accept that divine faithfulness does not nullify the requirement to follow the stated judgments.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 119:53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
- Psalms 132:12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- Proverbs 4:2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
- Jeremiah 9:13 And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
- Ezekiel 18:17 He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
- Ezekiel 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.