Apologetics Bible

Psalms 89:1

Hebrew

מַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

mashekhiyl-le'eytan-ha'ezerachiy

KJV: I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

AKJV: I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.

ASV: I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:

YLT: An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

Exposition: Psalms 89:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:2

Hebrew

חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָה עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר ׀ אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִֽי׃

chasedey-yehvah-'volam-'ashiyrah-ledor-vador- -'vodiy'a-'emvnatekha-vefiy

KJV: For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

AKJV: For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens.

ASV: For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever;

YLT: For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

Exposition: Psalms 89:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:3

Hebrew

כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם ׀ תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶֽם׃

khiy-'amaretiy-'volam-chesed-yivaneh-shamayim- -takhin-'emvnatekha-vahem

KJV: I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

AKJV: I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,

ASV: I have made a covenant with my chosen,

YLT: I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

Exposition: Psalms 89:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:4

Hebrew

כָּרַתִּֽי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְדָוִד עַבְדִּֽי׃

kharatiy-veriyt-livechiyriy-nisheva'etiy-ledavid-'avediy

KJV: Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

AKJV: Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah.

ASV: Thy seed will I establish for ever,

YLT: `Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 89:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:5

Hebrew

עַד־עוֹלָם אָכִין זַרְעֶךָ וּבָנִיתִי לְדֹר־וָדוֹר כִּסְאֲךָ סֶֽלָה׃

'ad-'volam-'akhiyn-zare'ekha-vvaniytiy-ledor-vadvor-khise'akha-selah

KJV: And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

AKJV: And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

ASV: And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;

YLT: and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also is in an assembly of holy ones.

Exposition: Psalms 89:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:6

Hebrew

וְיוֹדוּ שָׁמַיִם פִּלְאֲךָ יְהוָה אַף־אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ בִּקְהַל קְדֹשִֽׁים׃

veyvodv-shamayim-file'akha-yehvah-'af-'emvnatekha-viqehal-qedoshiym

KJV: For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

AKJV: For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

ASV: For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?

YLT: For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

Exposition: Psalms 89:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:7

Hebrew

כִּי מִי בַשַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹךְ לַיהוָה יִדְמֶה לַיהוָה בִּבְנֵי אֵלִים׃

khiy-miy-vashachaq-ya'arokhe-layhvah-yidemeh-layhvah-viveney-'eliym

KJV: God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

AKJV: God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

ASV: A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones,

YLT: God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

Exposition: Psalms 89:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:8

Hebrew

אֵל נַעֲרָץ בְּסוֹד־קְדֹשִׁים רַבָּה וְנוֹרָא עַל־כָּל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃

'el-na'aratz-vesvod-qedoshiym-ravah-venvora'-'al-khal-seviyvayv

KJV: O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

AKJV: O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you?

ASV: O Jehovah God of hosts,

YLT: O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who is like Thee--a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 89:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:9

Hebrew

יְהוָה ׀ אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת מִֽי־כָֽמוֹךָ חֲסִין ׀ יָהּ וֶאֱמֽוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

yehvah- -'elohey-tzeva'vot-miy-khamvokha-chasiyn- -yah-ve'emvnatekha-seviyvvoteykha

KJV: Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

AKJV: You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them.

ASV: Thou rulest the pride of the sea:

YLT: Thou art ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

Exposition: Psalms 89:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:10

Hebrew

אַתָּה מוֹשֵׁל בְּגֵאוּת הַיָּם בְּשׂוֹא גַלָּיו אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃

'atah-mvoshel-vege'vt-hayam-veshvo'-galayv-'atah-teshavechem

KJV: Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

AKJV: You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

ASV: Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;

YLT: Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.

Exposition: Psalms 89:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:11

Hebrew

אַתָּה דִכִּאתָ כֶחָלָל רָהַב בִּזְרוֹעַ עֻזְּךָ פִּזַּרְתָּ אוֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃

'atah-dikhi'ta-khechalal-rahav-vizervo'a-'uzekha-fizareta-'voyeveykha

KJV: The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

AKJV: The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.

ASV: The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:

YLT: Thine are the heavens--the earth also is Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

Exposition: Psalms 89:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:12

Hebrew

לְךָ שָׁמַיִם אַף־לְךָ אָרֶץ תֵּבֵל וּמְלֹאָהּ אַתָּה יְסַדְתָּֽם׃

lekha-shamayim-'af-lekha-'aretz-tevel-vmelo'ah-'atah-yesadetam

KJV: The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

AKJV: The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name.

ASV: The north and the south, thou hast created them:

YLT: North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.

Exposition: Psalms 89:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:13

Hebrew

צָפוֹן וְיָמִין אַתָּה בְרָאתָם תָּבוֹר וְחֶרְמוֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

tzafvon-veyamiyn-'atah-vera'tam-tavvor-vecheremvon-veshimekha-yeranenv

KJV: Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

AKJV: You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.

ASV: Thou hast a mighty arm;

YLT: Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand--high Thy right hand.

Exposition: Psalms 89:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:14

Hebrew

לְךָ זְרוֹעַ עִם־גְּבוּרָה תָּעֹז יָדְךָ תָּרוּם יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

lekha-zervo'a-'im-gevvrah-ta'oz-yadekha-tarvm-yemiynekha

KJV: Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

AKJV: Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face.

ASV: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:

YLT: Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

Exposition: Psalms 89:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:15

Hebrew

צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֹן כִּסְאֶךָ חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְֽקַדְּמוּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃

tzedeq-vmishefat-mekhvon-khise'ekha-chesed-ve'emet-yeqademv-faneykha

KJV: Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

AKJV: Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.

ASV: Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:

YLT: O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

Exposition: Psalms 89:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:16

Hebrew

אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם יוֹדְעֵי תְרוּעָה יְהוָה בְּֽאוֹר־פָּנֶיךָ יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃

'asherey-ha'am-yvode'ey-terv'ah-yehvah-ve'vor-faneykha-yehalekhvn

KJV: In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

AKJV: In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted.

ASV: In thy name do they rejoice all the day;

YLT: In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

Exposition: Psalms 89:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:17

Hebrew

בְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִילוּן כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ יָרֽוּמוּ׃

veshimekha-yegiylvn-khal-hayvom-vvetzideqatekha-yarvmv

KJV: For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

AKJV: For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted.

ASV: For thou art the glory of their strength;

YLT: For the beauty of their strength art Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

Exposition: Psalms 89:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:18

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמוֹ אָתָּה וּבִרְצֹנְךָ תרים תָּרוּם קַרְנֵֽנוּ׃

khiy-tife'eret-'uzamvo-'atah-vviretzonekha-trym-tarvm-qarenenv

KJV: For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

AKJV: For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

ASV: For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;

YLT: For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

Exposition: Psalms 89:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:19

Hebrew

כִּי לַֽיהוָה מָֽגִנֵּנוּ וְלִקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכֵּֽנוּ׃

khiy-layhvah-maginenv-veliqedvosh-yishera'el-malekhenv

KJV: Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

AKJV: Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

ASV: Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,

YLT: Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Exposition: Psalms 89:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:20

Hebrew

אָז דִּבַּרְתָּֽ־בְחָזוֹן לַֽחֲסִידֶיךָ וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁוִּיתִי עֵזֶר עַל־גִּבּוֹר הֲרִימוֹתִי בָחוּר מֵעָֽם׃

'az-divareta-vechazvon-lachasiydeykha-vato'mer-shiviytiy-'ezer-'al-givvor-hariymvotiy-vachvr-me'am

KJV: I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

AKJV: I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

ASV: I have found David my servant;

YLT: I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

Exposition: Psalms 89:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:21

Hebrew

מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּֽיו׃

matza'tiy-david-'avediy-veshemen-qadeshiy-meshachetiyv

KJV: With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

AKJV: With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.

ASV: With whom my hand shall be established;

YLT: With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.

Exposition: Psalms 89:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:22

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר יָדִי תִּכּוֹן עִמּוֹ אַף־זְרוֹעִי תְאַמְּצֶֽנּוּ׃

'asher-yadiy-tikhvon-'imvo-'af-zervo'iy-te'ametzenv

KJV: The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

AKJV: The enemy shall not exact on him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

ASV: The enemy shall not exact from him,

YLT: An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

Exposition: Psalms 89:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:23

Hebrew

לֹֽא־יַשִּׁא אוֹיֵב בּוֹ וּבֶן־עַוְלָה לֹא יְעַנֶּֽנּוּ׃

lo'-yashi'-'voyev-vvo-vven-'avelah-lo'-ye'anenv

KJV: And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

AKJV: And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

ASV: And I will beat down his adversaries before him,

YLT: And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

Exposition: Psalms 89:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:24

Hebrew

וְכַתּוֹתִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו וּמְשַׂנְאָיו אֶגּֽוֹף׃

vekhatvotiy-mifanayv-tzarayv-vmeshane'ayv-'egvof

KJV: But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

AKJV: But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

ASV: But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;

YLT: And My faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

Exposition: Psalms 89:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:25

Hebrew

וֶֽאֶֽמוּנָתִי וְחַסְדִּי עִמּוֹ וּבִשְׁמִי תָּרוּם קַרְנֽוֹ׃

ve'emvnatiy-vechasediy-'imvo-vvishemiy-tarvm-qarenvo

KJV: I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

AKJV: I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

ASV: I will set his hand also on the sea,

YLT: And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

Exposition: Psalms 89:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:26

Hebrew

וְשַׂמְתִּי בַיָּם יָדוֹ וּֽבַנְּהָרוֹת יְמִינֽוֹ׃

veshametiy-vayam-yadvo-vvaneharvot-yemiynvo

KJV: He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

AKJV: He shall cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

ASV: He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,

YLT: He proclaimeth me: `Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Exposition: Psalms 89:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:27

Hebrew

הוּא יִקְרָאֵנִי אָבִי אָתָּה אֵלִי וְצוּר יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

hv'-yiqera'eniy-'aviy-'atah-'eliy-vetzvr-yeshv'atiy

KJV: Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

AKJV: Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

ASV: I also will make him my first-born,

YLT: I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

Exposition: Psalms 89:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:28

Hebrew

אַף־אָנִי בְּכוֹר אֶתְּנֵהוּ עֶלְיוֹן לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

'af-'aniy-vekhvor-'etenehv-'eleyvon-lemalekhey-'aretz

KJV: My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

AKJV: My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

ASV: My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;

YLT: To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant is stedfast with him.

Exposition: Psalms 89:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:29

Hebrew

לְעוֹלָם אשמור־אֶשְׁמָר־לוֹ חַסְדִּי וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לֽוֹ׃

le'volam-'shmvr-'eshemar-lvo-chasediy-vveriytiy-ne'emenet-lvo

KJV: His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

AKJV: His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

ASV: His seed also will I make to endure for ever,

YLT: And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

Exposition: Psalms 89:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:30

Hebrew

וְשַׂמְתִּי לָעַד זַרְעוֹ וְכִסְאוֹ כִּימֵי שָׁמָֽיִם׃

veshametiy-la'ad-zare'vo-vekhise'vo-khiymey-shamayim

KJV: If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

AKJV: If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

ASV: If his children forsake my law,

YLT: If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

Exposition: Psalms 89:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:31

Hebrew

אִם־יַֽעַזְבוּ בָנָיו תּוֹרָתִי וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא יֵלֵכֽוּן׃

'im-ya'azevv-vanayv-tvoratiy-vvemishefatay-lo'-yelekhvn

KJV: If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

AKJV: If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

ASV: If they break my statutes,

YLT: If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

Exposition: Psalms 89:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:32

Hebrew

אִם־חֻקֹּתַי יְחַלֵּלוּ וּמִצְוֺתַי לֹא יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

'im-chuqotay-yechalelv-vmitzevtay-lo'-yishemorv

KJV: Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

AKJV: Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

ASV: Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,

YLT: I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

Exposition: Psalms 89:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:33

Hebrew

וּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם וּבִנְגָעִים עֲוֺנָֽם׃

vfaqadetiy-veshevet-fishe'am-vvinega'iym-'avnam

KJV: Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

AKJV: Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

ASV: But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

YLT: And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

Exposition: Psalms 89:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:34

Hebrew

וְחַסְדִּי לֹֽא־אָפִיר מֵֽעִמּוֹ וְלֹֽא־אֲשַׁקֵּר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִֽי׃

vechasediy-lo'-'afiyr-me'imvo-velo'-'ashaqer-ve'emvnatiy

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

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

ASV: My covenant will I not break,

YLT: I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

Exposition: Psalms 89:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:35

Hebrew

לֹא־אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי וּמוֹצָא שְׂפָתַי לֹא אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃

lo'-'achalel-veriytiy-vmvotza'-shefatay-lo'-'ashaneh

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

AKJV: Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

ASV: Once have I sworn by my holiness:

YLT: Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

Exposition: Psalms 89:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:36

Hebrew

אַחַת נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁי אִֽם־לְדָוִד אֲכַזֵּֽב׃

'achat-nisheva'etiy-veqadeshiy-'im-ledavid-'akhazev

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

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

ASV: His seed shall endure for ever,

YLT: His seed is to the age, And his throne is as the sun before Me,

Exposition: Psalms 89:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:37

Hebrew

זַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽי׃

zare'vo-le'volam-yiheyeh-vekhise'vo-khashemesh-negediy

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

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

ASV: It shall be established for ever as the moon,

YLT: As the moon it is established--to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 89:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:38

Hebrew

כְּיָרֵחַ יִכּוֹן עוֹלָם וְעֵד בַּשַּׁחַק נֶאֱמָן סֶֽלָה׃

kheyarecha-yikhvon-'volam-ve'ed-vashachaq-ne'eman-selah

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

AKJV: But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed.

ASV: But thou hast cast off and rejected,

YLT: And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

Exposition: Psalms 89:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:39

Hebrew

וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

ve'atah-zanacheta-vatime'as-hite'avareta-'im-meshiychekha

KJV: Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

AKJV: You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

ASV: Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:

YLT: Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

Exposition: Psalms 89:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:40

Hebrew

נֵאַרְתָּה בְּרִית עַבְדֶּךָ חִלַּלְתָּ לָאָרֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃

ne'aretah-veriyt-'avedekha-chilaleta-la'aretz-nizervo

KJV: Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

AKJV: You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin.

ASV: Thou hast broken down all his hedges;

YLT: Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

Exposition: Psalms 89:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:41

Hebrew

פָּרַצְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָיו שַׂמְתָּ מִבְצָרָיו מְחִתָּה׃

faratzeta-khal-gederotayv-shameta-mivetzarayv-mechitah

KJV: All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

AKJV: All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

ASV: All that pass by the way rob him:

YLT: Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

Exposition: Psalms 89:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:42

Hebrew

שַׁסֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ הָיָה חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֽ͏ָיו׃

shasuhv-khal-'overey-darekhe-hayah-cherefah-lishekhenayv

KJV: Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

AKJV: You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice.

ASV: Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

YLT: Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

Exposition: Psalms 89:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:43

Hebrew

הֲרִימוֹתָ יְמִין צָרָיו הִשְׂמַחְתָּ כָּל־אוֹיְבָֽיו׃

hariymvota-yemiyn-tzarayv-hishemacheta-khal-'voyevayv

KJV: Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

AKJV: You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

ASV: Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,

YLT: Also--Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

Exposition: Psalms 89:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:44

Hebrew

אַף־תָּשִׁיב צוּר חַרְבּוֹ וְלֹא הֲקֵימֹתוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

'af-tashiyv-tzvr-charevvo-velo'-haqeymotvo-vamilechamah

KJV: Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

AKJV: You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

ASV: Thou hast made his brightness to cease,

YLT: Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

Exposition: Psalms 89:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:45

Hebrew

הִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטְּהָרוֹ וְכִסְאוֹ לָאָרֶץ מִגַּֽרְתָּה׃

hishevata-miteharvo-vekhise'vo-la'aretz-migaretah

KJV: The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

AKJV: The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. Selah.

ASV: The days of his youth hast thou shortened:

YLT: Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 89:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:46

Hebrew

הִקְצַרְתָּ יְמֵי עֲלוּמָיו הֶֽעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה סֶֽלָה׃

hiqetzareta-yemey-'alvmayv-he'etiyta-'alayv-vvshah-selah

KJV: How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

AKJV: How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?

ASV: How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?

YLT: Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

Exposition: Psalms 89:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:47

Hebrew

עַד־מָה יְהוָה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח תִּבְעַר כְּמוֹ־אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ׃

'ad-mah-yehvah-tisater-lanetzach-tive'ar-khemvo-'esh-chamatekha

KJV: Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

AKJV: Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?

ASV: Oh remember how short my time is:

YLT: Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

Exposition: Psalms 89:47 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:48

Hebrew

זְכָר־אֲנִי מֶה־חָלֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁוְא בָּרָאתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

zekhar-'aniy-meh-chaled-'al-mah-shave'-vara'ta-khal-veney-'adam

KJV: What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

AKJV: What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

ASV: What man is he that shall live and not see death,

YLT: Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 89:48 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:49

Hebrew

מִי גֶבֶר יִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא יִרְאֶה־מָּוֶת יְמַלֵּט נַפְשׁוֹ מִיַּד־שְׁאוֹל סֶֽלָה׃

miy-gever-yicheyeh-velo'-yire'eh-mavet-yemalet-nafeshvo-miyad-she'vol-selah

KJV: Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

AKJV: Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth?

ASV: Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,

YLT: Where are Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

Exposition: Psalms 89:49 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:50

Hebrew

אַיֵּה ׀ חֲסָדֶיךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִים ׀ אֲדֹנָי נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לְדָוִד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

'ayeh- -chasadeykha-hari'shoniym- -'adonay-nisheva'eta-ledavid-ve'emvnatekha

KJV: Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

AKJV: Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

ASV: Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;

YLT: Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Exposition: Psalms 89:50 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:51

Hebrew

זְכֹר אֲדֹנָי חֶרְפַּת עֲבָדֶיךָ שְׂאֵתִי בְחֵיקִי כָּל־רַבִּים עַמִּֽים׃

zekhor-'adonay-cherefat-'avadeykha-she'etiy-vecheyqiy-khal-raviym-'amiym

KJV: Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

AKJV: With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

ASV: Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,

YLT: Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

Exposition: Psalms 89:51 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 89:52

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ ׀ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

'asher-cherefv-'voyeveykha- -yehvah-'asher-cherefv-'iqevvot-meshiychekha

KJV: Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

AKJV: Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen.

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.

YLT: Blessed is Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!

Exposition: Psalms 89:52 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.