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You said, “David, my servant,
    is my chosen one,
and this is the agreement
    I made with him:

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

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(A) David, one of your descendants
    will always be king.”

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‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.

11 (A) You made a solemn promise
    to David, when you said,
“I, the Lord, promise
that someone in your family
    will always be king.

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11 The Lord swore an oath to David,(A)
    a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants(B)
    I will place on your throne.

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42 (A) The Scriptures say that the Messiah will come from the family of King David. Doesn't this mean that he will be born in David's hometown of Bethlehem?”

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42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(A) and from Bethlehem,(B) the town where David lived?”

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30 (A) But David was a prophet, and he knew that God had made a promise he would not break. He had told David someone from his own family would someday be king.

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30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.(A)

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