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Psalms 89:3

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:4.

כָּרַ֣תִּֽיkaraticovenantכָּרַתverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “covenant”, a completed actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.בְ֭רִיתveritconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.לִבְחִירִ֑יlivchirito chooseבָּחִירpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to choose”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH972selectchoose, chosen one, elect.נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnishbatiswearשָׁבַעverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “swear”, a completed actionH7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.לְדָוִ֥דledavidto Davidדָּוִדpreposition, noun, proper name — “to David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.עַבְדִּֽיavdiservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

Darby Translation

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Douay-Rheims

Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διεθέμην διαθήκην τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου, ὤμοσα Δαυὶδ τῷ δούλῳ μου.