Psalms 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
KJV
My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
ASV
וְ֭/חַסְדִּ/י לֹֽא אָפִ֣יר מֵֽ/עִמּ֑/וֹ וְ/לֹֽא אֲ֝שַׁקֵּ֗ר בֶּ/אֱמוּנָתִֽ/י
Hebrew
I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
YLT
I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱמוּנָ֑ה
'mvnh
noun · 49×
הֵפִ֑יר
hpyr
verb · 3×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
yshqr
verb · 6×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
Themes
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 9.—How Like the Prophecy About Christ in the 89th Psalm is to the Things Promised in Nathan’s Prophecy in the Books of Samuel. Wherefore also in the 89th Psalm, of which the title is, “An instruction for himself by Ethan the Israelite,” mention is made of the promises God made to king David, and some things are there added similar to those found in the Book of Samuel, s…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 7:15 — But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Jer 14:21 — Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
- Jer 33:20 — Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
- Jer 33:21 — Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
- Lev 26:44 — And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD th
- Mal 3:6 — For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Num 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Ps 55:20 — He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
- Ps 74:20 — Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
- Ps 89:3 — I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
- Ps 89:39 — Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Ps 110:4 — The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Ps 111:5 — He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
- Rom 11:29 — For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.