Psalms 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seed	זַרְע֑וֹ zar.'O	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
make	וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י ve.sam.Ti	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
ever	לָעַ֣ד la.'Ad	H5703	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
throne	וְ֝כִסְא֗וֹ ve.khis.'O	H3678	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
days	כִּימֵ֥י ki.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
heaven	שָׁמָֽיִם sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Deuteronomy 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the day…
Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to estab…
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left t…
Luke 1:32-33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
1 Chronicles 17:11-12 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, whic…
1 Chronicles 22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over I…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:19-37

The covenant God made with David and his seed was mentioned before (Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4); but in these verses it is enlarged upon, and pleaded with God, for favour to the royal family, now almost sunk and ruined; yet certainly it looks at Christ, and has its accomplishment in him much more than in David; nay, some passages here are scarcely applicable at all to David, but must be understood of Christ only (who is therefore called David our king, Hos 3:5), and very great and precious promises they are which are here made to the Redeemer, which are strong foundations for the faith and hope of the redeemed to build upon. The comforts of our redemption flow from the covenant of redemption; all ou…

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John Gill on Psalms 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever,.... Not a race of kings from David, which ended at the Babylonish captivity; not the natural seed of David, not the Messiah himself, who sprung from him, but the Messiah's spiritual seed, which were given him by the Father, adopted through him, regenerated by his Spirit and grace, begotten through his Gospel, and the ministry of it, and born again in his church, and to whom he stands in the relation of the everlasting Father, Isaiah 9:6. The "enduring" of these "for ever" may denote the final perseverance of particular believers; which may be concluded from the relation of Christ, as an everlasting Father to them, who therefore must continue as h…

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John Calvin on Psalms 89:24-29

Psalm 89:24-29 24. My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25. And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. [541] 26. He shall cry to me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. 27. I will also make him my first-born, [542] higher than the kings of the earth. 28. And I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29. And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 24 My truth and my mercy shall be with him. God shows that he will continue to exercise without intermission that grace which he had manifested towards David at first. These words…

The Church Fathers

"His seed will I make to endure world without end" [Psalm 89:29]. Not only for this world, but unto the world without end: whither His seed, which is His heritage, the seed of Abraham, which is Christ, will pass. But if you are Christ's, you are also Abraham's seed: and if you are destined His heirs for ever, "He will establish His seed unto world without end: and His throne as the days of Heaven." The thrones of earthly kings are as the days of the earth: different are the days of Heaven from those of earth. The days of Heaven are those years of which it is said, "You are the same, and Your years shall not fail." The days of the earth are soon overtaken by their successors: those which precede are shut out from us: nor do those which succeed remain: but they come that they may go, and are almost gone before they have come. Such are the days of earth. But the days of Heaven, which are also the "One day" of Heaven, and the never failing years, have neither beginning nor end: nor is any day there narrowed between yesterday and tomorrow: no one there expects the future, nor loses the past: but the days of Heaven are always present, where His throne shall be for ever and ever.. ..
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 89

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Dictionary and topics

Ezrahite — A title given to Ethan (1 Kings 4:31; Ps. 89, title) and Heman (Ps. 88, title). They were both sons of Zerah (1 Chr. 2:6).
Hermon — A peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean. It marks the north boundary of Palestine (Deut. 3:8, 4:48; Josh. 11:3,…
Covenant, The · All saints interested in — All saints interested in
David · .Anointed king, while a youth, by the prophet Samuel, and inspired — .Anointed king, while a youth, by the prophet Samuel, and inspired
Heaven · Everlasting — Everlasting

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 89:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:19-37

John Gill on Psalms 89:29

John Calvin on Psalms 89:24-29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 89:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:19-37

John Gill on Psalms 89:29

John Calvin on Psalms 89:24-29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 89:23-29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 89:29

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 89:29