Psalms 89:2

In 11 translations

BSB

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

KJV

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

WEB

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

ASV

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

LSV

For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, || The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”

YLT

For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

DBY

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

DRC88:3

For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

GNV

For I said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou stablish in ye very heauens.

JPS89:3

For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.

LXXE88:3

For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

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Original-language editions

WLC89:3

כִּֽי־אָמַ֗רְתִּי ע֭וֹלָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ תָּכִ֖ן אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בָהֶֽם׃KJV:Ps.89.2

LXX-Br88:3

Ὅτι εἶπας, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔλεος οἰκοδομηθήσεται, ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ ἀλήθειά σου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Nehemiah 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
• Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• Psalms 89:5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
• Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
• Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
• Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and…
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• Ephesians 1:6–7to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
• Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
• Psalms 119:89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
• Psalms 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
• Nehemiah 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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