A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Parallel translations
- KJV I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- BSB A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
- NKJV I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
- NASB I will sing of the graciousness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make Your faithfulness known with my mouth.
- NLT I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
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Quick answer
Ethan vows to sing of the LORD's loving kindness forever and make His faithfulness known to all generations. God's covenant love and faithfulness are the theme of enduring praise.
Overview
Psalm 89 opens with a resolve to celebrate God's hesed and faithfulness, the twin pillars of His covenant. This sets the stage for reflection on God's promise to David. These attributes are perfectly displayed in Christ, in whom God's steadfast love and faithfulness to His promises are confirmed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 23
- Ps 101:1A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
- Ps 89:8Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
- Ps 119:90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
- Lam 3:23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- Ps 89:33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
- Ps 36:5Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Ps 89:4–5‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
- Ps 92:2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
- Ps 89:24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- Ps 86:12–13I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
- Ps 88:11Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
- Ps 59:16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
- Ps 89:49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
- Ps 106:1Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 71:8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Ps 71:15–19My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Ps 40:9–10I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Mic 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Ps 136:1–26Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 1 Kgs 4:31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.
- 1 Chr 2:6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
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