Psalm 89

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Psalm 89 is a biblical song and prayer that reflects on God’s promises to David, wrestling with the apparent failure of the Davidic kingship while affirming God’s enduring faithfulness.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 89 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible text ⓘ
Old Testament scripture ⓘ
biblical psalm ⓘ
addresses God ⓘ
affirms enduring faithfulness of God ⓘ
attributedTo Ethan the Ezrahite ⓘ
book Psalms ⓘ
canonicalNumberingInHebrew 89 ⓘ
canonicalNumberingInMostEnglishBibles 89 ⓘ
contains complaint about national disaster ⓘ
petition for restoration ⓘ
praise of God’s faithfulness ⓘ
recounting of God’s covenant with David ⓘ
focusesOn God’s oath to David ⓘ
genre community lament ⓘ
lament ⓘ
psalm ⓘ
royal psalm ⓘ
keyConcept chesed (steadfast love) ⓘ
emunah (faithfulness) ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
mentions Davidic kingship ⓘ
openingWordsEnglish I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms
positionInBookOfPsalms 89 ⓘ
questions apparent rejection of the anointed king ⓘ
relatedTo 2 Samuel 7 ⓘ
Davidic covenant ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structure section of lament ⓘ
section of petition ⓘ
section of praise ⓘ
section recounting covenant with David ⓘ
superscriptionName Ethan the Ezrahite ⓘ
testament Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
theme God’s faithfulness ⓘ
God’s steadfast love ⓘ
apparent failure of the Davidic kingship ⓘ
appeal for God to remember his covenant ⓘ
covenant with David ⓘ
divine promises ⓘ
wrestling with suffering and defeat ⓘ
tradition Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

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