My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- BSB I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- 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
Cross-references · 9
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Jer 33:20–21Thus 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;
- Acts 13:32–34And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- Isa 54:10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
- Ps 89:33–34Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- 2 Sam 7:15–16But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- Ps 111:9He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
- 2 Sam 23:5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- Ps 111:5He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
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