Psalm 89:2
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
אֱמוּנָה
ʼĕmûwnâh
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
Key Terms in This Verse
אֱמוּנָה ʼĕmûwnâh
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
Study H530 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →Cross References
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God...
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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