Psalms 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
KJV
It shall be established for ever as the moon, Andasthe faithful witness in the sky. [Selah
ASV
זַ֭רְע/וֹ לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם יִהְיֶ֑ה וְ/כִסְא֖/וֹ כַ/שֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽ/י
Hebrew
As the moon it is established--to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
YLT
It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
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
- Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Gen 9:13 — I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Isa 54:9 — For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Jer 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host
- 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;
- Ps 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
- Ps 148:6 — He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.