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15 but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul who was before you.(A)

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15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

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34 But I will not take my mercy from him,
    nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.(A)
35 I will not violate my covenant;
    the promise of my lips I will not alter.(B)
36 By my holiness I swore once for all:(C)
    I will never be false to David.
37 [a]His dynasty will continue forever,(D)
    his throne, like the sun before me.
38 Like the moon it will stand eternal,
    forever firm like the sky!”
Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 89:37–38 Like the sun before me…like the sky: as enduring as the heavenly lights, cf. Ps 89:2–5 and Ps 72:5, 17.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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