Psalms 89:28

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ¹ 

Psalms 89:34

89:34 I will not break ²  my covenant

or go back on what I promised. ³ 

Psalms 89:38

89:38 But you have spurned ⁴  and rejected him;

you are angry with your chosen king. ⁵ 

[89:28]  ¹ tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”

[89:34]  ² tn Or “desecrate.”

[89:34]  ³ tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”

[89:38]  ³ tn The Hebrew construction (conjunction + pronoun, followed by the verb) draws attention to the contrast between what follows and what precedes.

[89:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (mÿshikhekha, “your anointed one”) refers here to the Davidic king (see Pss 2:2; 18:50; 20:6; 28:8; 84:9; 132:10, 17).