Psalm 89:28 {88:29}
Good News Translation
I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

New Revised Standard Version
Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him, and my covenant with him will stand firm.

Contemporary English Version
My love for him will last, and my agreement with him will never be broken.

New American Bible
Forever I will maintain my mercy for him; my covenant with him stands firm.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

mercy

2 Samuel 7:15,16 But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face. . . .

Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Acts 13:32-34 And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers, . . .

covenant

Psalm 89:34 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

Psalm 111:5,9 He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: . . .

2 Samuel 23:5 Neither is my house so great with God, that he should make with me an eternal covenant, firm in all things and assured. For he is all my salvation, and all my will: neither is there ought thereof that springeth not up.

Jeremiah 33:20,21 Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season: . . .

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
27And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth. 28I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.29And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:42
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Psalm 89:3
I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

Psalm 89:33
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

Psalm 89:34
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

Psalm 89:27
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