Psalms Chapter 89 verse 3 Holy Bible
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
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I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
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I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
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"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
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I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - I have made a covenant with my chosen. There is an ellipse of "for thou hast said," which Professor Cheyne supplies. God's promise to David is the entire foundation of the psalmist's hope and confidence. He therefore places it briefly in the very forefront - afterwards expanding it into the beautiful passage, which forms more than one-third of the entire composition (vers. 19-37). I have sworn unto David my servant (comp. 2 Samuel 7:11-16; Psalm 132:11).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) I have sworn.--The prophetic passage (2Samuel 7:12, seq.) is in the poet's mind.