My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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Gill's Exposition
His seed also will I make to endure for ever,.... Not a race of kings from David, which ended at the Babylonish captivity; not the natural seed of David, not the Messiah himself, who sprung from him,…
Barnes' Notes
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore - I will not withdraw my favor from him, nor from his posterity, Psa 89:33-36. In him, and in his Great Descendant, the throne shall be established forever.…
The covenant God made with David and his seed was mentioned before (Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4); but in these verses it is enlarged upon, and pleaded with God, for favour to the royal family, now almost sunk…
The emphasis is on for evermore. The permanence of the promise is expressed in the strongest terms. Cp. 2Sa 7:13; 2Sa 7:16.
Once more too the notes of lovingkindness and faithfulness are sounded, for…
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