I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- KJV My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
- NKJV My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
- NASB “I will maintain My favor for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.
- NLT I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.
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Quick answer
God promises to keep His steadfast love for the king forever and to maintain His covenant firmly.
Overview
The permanence of God's chesed and the stability of His covenant are stressed: "forever more" and "stand firm." This is the heart of the Davidic covenant's unconditional dimension. Its everlasting security is guaranteed in the resurrection and eternal reign of Christ (Acts 13:34).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Jer 33:20–21“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,
- Acts 13:32–34And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
- Isa 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Ps 89:33–34But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
- 2 Sam 7:15–16But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
- Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- 2 Sam 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Ps 111:5He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
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