89:27 I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, 1
the most exalted of the earth’s kings.
89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,
and my covenant with him is secure. 2
89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, 3
and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. 4
89:30 If his sons reject my law
and disobey my regulations,
89:31 if they break 5 my rules
and do not keep my commandments,
89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, 6
their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 7
89:33 But I will not remove 8 my loyal love from him,
nor be unfaithful to my promise. 9
1 sn The firstborn son typically had special status and received special privileges.
2 tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”
3 tn Heb “and I will set in place forever his offspring.”
4 tn Heb “and his throne like the days of the heavens.”
4 tn Or “desecrate.”
5 tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”
6 tn Heb “with blows their sin.”
6 tn Heb “break”; “make ineffectual.” Some prefer to emend אָפִיר (’afir; the Hiphil of פָּרַר, parar, “to break”) to אָסִיר (’asir; the Hiphil of סוּר, sur, “to turn aside”), a verb that appears in 2 Sam 7:15.
7 tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”