Psalms 89:2

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Psalms 89:2


← Psalms 89:1 Psalms 89:2 (KJV) Psalms 89:3 →
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For I have saidH559, MercyH2617 shall be built upH1129 for everH5769: thy faithfulnessH530 shalt thou establishH3559 in the very heavensH8064.


Original Hebrew

כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי עֹולָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם ׀ תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
אָמַ֗רְתִּי
'a.Mar.ti H559 HVqp1cs I have said
ע֭וֹלָם
o.lom H5769 HNcmsa forever
חֶ֣סֶד
Che.sed H2617 HNcmsa covenant loyalty
יִבָּנֶ֑ה
yi.ba.Neh H1129 HVNi3ms it will be built
שָׁמַ֓יִם
sha.Ma.yim H8064 HNcmpa (the) heavens
תָּכִ֖ן
ta.Khin H3559 HVhi2ms you establish
אֱמוּנָתְ/ךָ֣
'e.mu.na.te./Kha H530 HNcfsc/Sp2ms faithfulness/ your
בָ/הֶֽם
va./Hem HR/Sp3mp in/ them
Strong's References
  • H530 — אֱמוּנָה (ʼĕmûwnâh, em-oo-naw'): or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה (ʼĕmunâh); feminine of אֵמוּן (ʼêmûwn) H529; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity; faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
  • H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד (châçad) H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
  • H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  • H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם (ʻôlâm); from עָלַם (ʻâlam) H5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח (netsach) H5331, עַד (ʻad) H5703.
  • H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה (shâmeh); from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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