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.
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.
- BSB The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your 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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- 2 Sam 7:12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Ps 89:3–4I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
- Acts 2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
- Ps 110:4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- 2 Chr 6:16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Luke 1:69–70And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
- Luke 1:32He 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:
- 2 Sam 7:16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- Jer 33:20–26Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
- Ps 89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
- Ps 89:35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
- 1 Chr 17:11–13And 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, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kgs 8:25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
- 1 Sam 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
- Ps 89:33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
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