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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Psalms 89:28

In 11 translations

BSB
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
KJV
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
WEB
I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
ASV
My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
LSV
For all time I keep for him My kindness, || And My covenant [is] steadfast with him.
YLT
To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
DBY
My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
DRC88:29
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
GNV
My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.
JPS89:29
For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.
LXXE88:29
I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall be firm with him.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads אֶשְׁמָור־; read aloud (Qere) reads אֶשְׁמָר (“I will keep”).
  • Written (Ketiv): אֶשְׁמוֹר. Read aloud (Qere): אֶשְׁמָר (“I will keep”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC89:29
לְ֭עוֹלָ֗ם אשמור־ל֣וֹ חַסְדִּ֑י וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת לֽוֹ׃KJV:Ps.89.28Read aloud as (qere): אֶשְׁמָר
LXX-Br88:29
Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλάξω αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεός μου, καὶ ἡ διαθήκη μου πιστὴ αὐτῷ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  • Acts 13:32–34And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your…
  • Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
  • Jeremiah 33:20–21“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My…
  • 2 Samuel 7:15–16But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way. Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  • Psalms 89:33–34But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
  • Psalms 111:5He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
  • Psalms 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
  • 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 89:29 in some Bibles
  • 89:28 in most Bibles

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