Psalms 89:2

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“For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.””

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BSBPD

“For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 89:2 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  2. Nehemiah 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
  3. Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  4. Nehemiah 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
  5. Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
  6. Psalms 40:11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
  7. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  8. Psalms 89:5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
  9. Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
  10. Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  11. Psalms 119:89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
  12. Psalms 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
  13. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  14. Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
  15. Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  16. Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

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