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I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
    I have sworn to David my servant:
I will make your dynasty stand forever
    and establish your throne through all ages.”(A)
Selah

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‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[a](A)

The heavens(B) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly(C) of the holy ones.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.

27 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,(A)
    my God, the Rock of my salvation!’
28 I myself make him the firstborn,
    Most High[a] over the kings of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 89:28 Most High: a divine title, which is here extended to David as God’s own king, cf. Ps 2:7–9; Is 9:5. As God rules over the members of the heavenly council (Ps 89:6–9), so David, God’s surrogate, rules over earthly kings.

27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(A)
    the most exalted(B) of the kings(C) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.(D)

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29 Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;(A)
    my covenant with him stands firm.
30 I will establish his dynasty forever,
    his throne as the days of the heavens.

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29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,

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