Mazmur 89:28-34

89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him,

and my covenant with him is secure. ¹ 

89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, ² 

and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. ³ 

89:30 If his sons reject my law

and disobey my regulations,

89:31 if they break ⁴  my rules

and do not keep my commandments,

89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, ⁵ 

their sin by inflicting them with bruises. ⁶ 

89:33 But I will not remove ⁷  my loyal love from him,

nor be unfaithful to my promise. ⁸ 

89:34 I will not break ⁹  my covenant

or go back on what I promised. ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 89:39

89:39 You have repudiated ¹¹  your covenant with your servant; ¹² 

you have thrown his crown to the ground. ¹³ 

[89:28]  ¹ tn Heb “forever I will keep for him my loyal love and will make my covenant secure for him.”

[89:29]  ² tn Heb “and I will set in place forever his offspring.”

[89:29]  ³ tn Heb “and his throne like the days of the heavens.”

[89:31]  ⁴ tn Or “desecrate.”

[89:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”

[89:32]  sn Despite the harsh image of beating…with a club, the language reflects a father-son relationship (see v. 30; 2 Sam 7:14). According to Proverbs, a שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “club”) was sometimes utilized to administer corporal punishment to rebellious children (see Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15).

[89:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “with blows their sin.”

[89:33]  ⁷ tn 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.

[89:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I will not deal falsely with my faithfulness.”

[89:34]  ⁹ tn Or “desecrate.”

[89:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and what proceeds out of my lips I will not alter.”

[89:39]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.

[89:39]  ¹² tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”

[89:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”