Psalm 89:3 {88:4}
Good News Translation
You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

New Revised Standard Version
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:

Contemporary English Version
You said, "David, my servant, is my chosen one, and this is the agreement I made with him:

New American Bible
I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

made

Psalm 89:28,34,39 I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him. . . .

2 Samuel 7:10-16 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before, . . .

2 Samuel 23:5 Neither is my house so great with God, that he should make with me an eternal covenant, firm in all things and assured. For he is all my salvation, and all my will: neither is there ought thereof that springeth not up.

1 Kings 8:16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel, out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Jeremiah 30:9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Jeremiah 33:20,21 Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season: . . .

Ezekiel 34:23,24 And I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD OVER THEM, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. . . .

Hosea 3:5 And after this the children of Israel shall return and shall seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the last days.

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

my chosen

Psalm 89:19 Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

Psalm 78:70 And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 3:17 And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 12:18-21 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. . . .

sworn

Psalm 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

Psalm 132:11 The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

2 Samuel 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,

Acts 2:30 Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

Hebrews 7:21 But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever).

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
2For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them. 3I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:4Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.…
Cross References
Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Acts 2:30
Whereas therefore he was a prophet and knew that God hath sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne.

1 Kings 8:16
Since the day that I brought my people Israel, out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

Nehemiah 1:5
And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:

Psalm 89:28
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

Psalm 132:11
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

Ezekiel 37:26
And I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will establish them, and will multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

Psalm 89:2
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