Psalms 89:30-34

89:30 If his sons reject my law

and disobey my regulations,

89:31 if they break my rules

and do not keep my commandments,

89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club,

their sin by inflicting them with bruises.

89:33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise.

89:34 I will not break my covenant

or go back on what I promised.


tn Or “desecrate.”

tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”

tn Heb “with blows their sin.”

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.

tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”

tn Or “desecrate.”

tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”