I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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(89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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Passages linked to Psalms 89:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 89:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 11:21 that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- Psalms 89:36 His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Daniel 2:44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
- Luke 1:32-33 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:11-12 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
- Psalms 21:4 He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
- Psalms 45:6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Psalms 132:11 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- Isaiah 59:21 “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
- Jeremiah 33:17-26 For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel. The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.” Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying, “Yahweh says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time; then may my covenant also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured; so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’ ” Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying, “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.” Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”
- Ezekiel 37:24-25 “ ‘ “My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them. They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Though for the sins of the people the state…
Though for the sins of the people the state of this kingdom decayed: yet God reserved still a root, till he had accomplished this promise in Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 89:29 His seed also will I make [to…
Psa 89:29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Ver. 29. His seed also, &c.] This is chiefly meant of Christ and his kingdom.
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And his throne as the days of heaven] i.e. As the kingdom of heaven, eternal; for the aspectible heaven is corruptible.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To endure for ever, i.e. to sit upon the…
To endure for ever, i.e. to sit upon the throne for ever, as the next words explain it. This was accomplished only in Christ, the eternal King of the church, and of the world, who was of David’s seed according to the flesh.
As the days of heaven, i.e. for ever, as he now said; as long as the world shall have a being. It shall be as unchangeable and durable as the heavens themselves, which are of an incorruptible nature. See the like expression Deu 11:21; Jer 31:35,36.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If his children forsake my law,.... The same with…
If his children forsake my law,.... The same with the seed before mentioned, the children of the Messiah: it is not said "if he forsakes", which cannot be supposed of Christ, because he knew no sin, nor did any; which yet might be supposed of David, had he been literally meant; but not he, nor his natural children, but the spiritual seed of mystical David, are here designed, who may sin, and do sin, of which there is too much proof and evidence; and who sin not only through infirmity, but sometimes very grossly, and which sins are here expressed by various phrases: they sometimes "forsake the law of God"; do not attend to it, as they should, as the rule of their walk and conversation; are remiss in their observance of it, and obedience to it, and transgress its precepts; or his "doctrine" (h), even the doctrine of the Gospel; which may be said to be forsaken when men grow indifferent to it; go off from it in any measure, drop their profession of it, or hold it remissly, or become careless in their attendance on it: forsaking the assembling together to hear it, in some sense, is a forsaking of it; and this the Lord takes notice of, and resents, in his people:
and walk not in my judgments; those laws of his house by which he judges, regulates, and governs his people; by which they are directed by him, as their Judge and Lawgiver, how to behave themselves in the church of God; and in which they are to walk, and continue in the observance of; and so to do is to walk as becomes the Gospel, and worthy of their calling; but to do otherwise is to walk disorderly; and such are cognizable by the Lord, and by his people.
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(h) "verbum meaum revelatum", Gejerus; "legem et doctrinam meam", Michaelis.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain For ever - To sit upon the throne forever,…
For ever - To sit upon the throne forever, as the next words explain it. This was accomplished only in Christ.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. His seed also will I make to…
Verse 29. His seed also will I make to endure for ever] This can apply only to the spiritual David. The posterity of David are long since extinct, or so blended with the remaining Jews as to be utterly indiscernible; but Jesus ever liveth, and his seed (Christians) are spread, and are spreading over all nations; and his throne is eternal. As to his manhood, he is of the house and lineage of David; the government is upon his shoulders, and of its increase there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and on his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and justice, from henceforth even for ever. Isa 9:7.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain His seed also will I make to endure for…
His seed also will I make to endure for ever - That is, His posterity shall occupy the throne:
(a) this would have been true of his descendants, if they had been faithful to God, and had not revolted from him;
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(b) it is true of him who is the successor of David in his spiritual kingdom, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Compare the notes at Isa 9:6-7.
And his throne as the days of heaven - As long as the heavens endure; that is, to the end of the world. Compare Psa 72:5, note; Psa 72:7, note; Psa 72:17, note.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. His seed… will I make to endure for…
29. His seed… will I make to endure for ever—I will set, or establish, for ever.
As the days of heaven—Without end, as in the former clause. True only of Christ’s kingdom in the absolute sense, as the prototype of David’s throne. Hitherto the firmness of the covenant with David has been discussed, henceforward (to Psa_89:37) the subject is the same covenant with his seed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Days of heaven.—Deu_11:21. (Comp. Psa_72:5; and see below,…
(29) Days of heaven.—Deu_11:21. (Comp. Psa_72:5; and see below, Psa_89:36.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain His seed also will I make to endure forever.…
His seed also will I make to endure forever. (comp. 2Sa_7:16, "Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before me And his throne as the days of heaven. "Thy throne shall be established forever;" "I will establish his kingdom" (2Sa_7:12, 2Sa_7:16)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 29. His seed also will I make to…
Ver. 29. His seed also will I make to endure for ever. David's seed lives on in the person of the Lord Jesus, and the seed of Jesus in the persons of believers. Saints are a race that neither death nor life can kill. Rome and its priests, with their inquisition and other infernal cruelties, have laboured to exterminate the covenant seed, but "vain is their rage, their efforts vain." As long as God lives, his people must live.
And his throne, as the days of heaven. Jesus reigns on, and will reign till the skies shall fall, yea, and when the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, his throne shall stand. What a blessed covenant is this! Some commentators talk of conditions, but we fail to see any; the promises are as absolute as they can possibly be, and if any conditions as to the conduct of the favoured individuals can be conceived, they are disposed of in the succeeding verses.
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Ver. 29. "His seed" and "throne" are coupled together, as if his throne could not stand if his seed did fail. If his subjects should perish, what would he be king of? If his members should consume, what would he be head of? Stephen Charnock.
Ver. 29.
1. The subjects of Messiah's reign. "His seed." (a) For unionhis seed. (b) For resemblance (c) For multitude.
2. The duration of his reign. (a) They for ever one with him. (b) He for ever on the throne.
Psalms 89:30*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 89:29 The Lord writes his faithfulness in heaven, on…
89:29 The Lord writes his faithfulness in heaven, on the canvas of his universe (see 89:2). He records his commitment to the dynasty of David in the same way.
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