Psalm 89:49
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →Cross References
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
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