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34 “But I will not deprive him of my kindness
    or fail to observe my faithfulness.[a]
35 [b]I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the promise I have spoken.
36 “By my holiness I have sworn once and for all:
    never will I break faith with David.
37 His dynasty will last forever,
    and his throne will endure before me like the sun.
38 It will endure forever like the moon,
    a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:34 Fail to observe my faithfulness: see 2 Sam 7:15.
  2. Psalm 89:35 See Ps 110:4; Isa 31:2; 55:3; Jer 33:20ff; Am 4:2.

34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(A)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(B)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(C)

38 But you have rejected,(D) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.

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