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‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
Psalms 89:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
  • KJV Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
  • NKJV ‘Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah
  • NASB I will establish your descendants forever And build up your throne to all generations.” Selah
  • NLT ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

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Quick answer

God promises to establish David's offspring forever and build up his throne to all generations. The Davidic dynasty is pledged to endure perpetually.

Overview

God's oath guarantees an everlasting line and throne for David, a promise that shapes messianic hope. The 'Selah' invites reflection on this stunning pledge. The everlasting throne is realized in Christ, the descendant of David who reigns forever and whose kingdom will have no end.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • 2 Sam 7:12–16And 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.
  • Luke 1:32–33He 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,
  • Ps 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
  • Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 1 Kgs 9:5then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  • Rom 1:3–4regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
  • 1 Chr 22:10He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
  • 1 Chr 17:10–14and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
  • Rom 15:12And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
  • Acts 13:32–37And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
  • Zech 12:8On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
  • Luke 20:41–44Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
  • Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
  • Ps 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  • Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  • Ps 89:1A 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.
  • Ps 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  • 2 Sam 7:29Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  • Rev 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 89:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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