Psalms 89:24

89:24 He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, ¹ 

and by my name he will win victories. ² 

Psalms 89:33

89:33 But I will not remove ³  my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise. ⁴ 

[89:24]  ¹ tn Heb “and my faithfulness and my loyal love [will be] with him.”

[89:24]  ² tn Heb “and by my name his horn will be lifted up.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 92:10; Lam 2:17).

[89:33]  ³ 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.

[89:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”