Psalm 89:37 {88:38}
Good News Translation
It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."

New Revised Standard Version
It shall be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah

Contemporary English Version
and moon appear in the sky."

New American Bible
Like the moon it will stand eternal, forever firm like the sky!” Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

it shall.

ever

Psalm 72:7 In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.

Psalm 104:19 He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Genesis 1:14-18 And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: . . .

Jeremiah 31:35,36 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name. . . .

and as

Genesis 9:13-16 I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth. . . .

Isaiah 54:9,10 This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee. . . .

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
36His seed shall endure for ever. 37And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.38But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with my anointed.…
Cross References
Luke 1:33
And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Judges 5:31
So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising. [32] And the land rested for forty years.

2 Samuel 7:16
And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.

Job 16:19
For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.

Psalm 72:5
And he shall continue with the sun and before the moon, throughout all generations.

Psalm 148:6
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Jeremiah 31:36
If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever.

Jeremiah 33:20
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:

Psalm 89:36
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