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Psalm 89:33–34

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89:33But I will not remove53 my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise.54

89:34I will not break55 my covenant

or go back on what I promised.56

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Footnotes

  1. 53 Heb “break”; “make ineffectual.” Some prefer to emend אָפִיר (’afir; the Hiphil of פָּרַר, parar, “to break”) to אָסִיר (’asir; the Hiphil of סוּר, sur, “to turn aside”), a verb that appears in 2 Sam 7:15.
  2. 54 Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”
  3. 55 Or “desecrate.”
  4. 56 Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

I will not violate my covenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

but I will not take my love from him,

nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

I will not violate my covenant

or alter what my lips have uttered.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I will not withdraw

my faithful love from him

or betray my faithfulness.

I will not violate my covenant

or change what my lips have said.

NLTNew Living Translation

But I will never stop loving him

nor fail to keep my promise to him.

No, I will not break my covenant;

I will not take back a single word I said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I will not break off my loyal love from him,

and I will not be false against my faithfulness.

I will not defile my covenant,

or alter what proceeded from my lips.

KJV 1900King James Version

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

My covenant will I not break,

Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.