Psalm 89:3

New International Reader's Version

You said, “Here is the covenant I have made with my chosen one. Here is the promise I have made to my servant David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

“Suppose my royal family was not right with God. Then he would not have made a covenant with me that will last forever. Every part of it was well prepared and made secure. Then God would not have saved me completely or given me everything I longed for.

2 Samuel 3:9

I will do for David what the Lord promised him. If I don’t, may God punish me greatly.

1 Kings 8:16

‘I brought my people Israel out of Egypt. Ever since, I haven’t chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple could be built for my Name. But I have chosen David to rule over my people Israel.’

Psalm 132:11

The Lord made a promise to David. It is a firm promise that he will never break. He said, “After you die, I will place one of your own sons on your throne.

Psalm 78:70

He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

Psalm 89:19

You once spoke to your faithful people in a vision. You said, “I have given strength to a soldier. I have raised up a young man from among the people.

Psalm 89:28

I will continue to love him forever. I will never break my covenant with him.

Psalm 89:39

You have broken the covenant you made with him. You have thrown your servant’s crown into the dirt.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant. I take good care of him. I have chosen him. I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 55:3

Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.

Jeremiah 30:9

Instead, they will serve me. And they will serve David their king. I will raise him up for them. I am the Lord their God.

Hosea 3:5

After that, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the Lord. And they will receive his full blessing.

Matthew 3:17

A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, and I love him. I am very pleased with him.”

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.

Hebrews 7:21

But Jesus became a priest with a promise. God said to him, “The Lord has given his word and made a promise. He will not change his mind. He has said, ‘You are a priest forever.’ ” (Psalm 110:4)

Judges 2:1

The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim. There he said to the Israelites, “I brought you up out of Egypt. I led you into this land. It is the land I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. At that time I said, ‘I will never break the covenant I made with you.