Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 89:35 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. {that...: Heb. if I lie}”
Psalms 89:35
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. {will...: Heb. I will not make void from him} {to fall: Heb. to lie}
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. {that...: Heb. if I lie}
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and {as} a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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