The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- KJV The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- NKJV The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
- NASB The Lord has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “I will set upon your throne one from the fruit of your body.
- NLT The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
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Quick answer
Yahweh swore an unbreakable oath to set David's descendant on his throne. It affirms God's sure covenant promise of an enduring Davidic dynasty.
Overview
The psalm recalls God's irrevocable oath to David to place his offspring on the throne. Unlike human promises, this one God will never retract. It is fulfilled in Jesus, the Son of David, raised up and enthroned to reign forever.
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Cross-references · 17
- 2 Sam 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Ps 89:3–4You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
- Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Ps 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 2 Chr 6:16Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Luke 1:69–70He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Luke 1:32He 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,
- 2 Sam 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Jer 33:20–26“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
- Ps 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
- Ps 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
- 1 Chr 17:11–13And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kgs 8:25Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
- 1 Sam 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- Ps 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
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