# Psalms 89.26-27 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 24. But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25. I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. > > **26. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. 27. I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.** > > 28. My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. (Psalms 89:24-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 24. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. 25. I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. > > **26. He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’ 27. I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.** > > 28. I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him. 29. I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. (Psalms 89:24-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 24. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. > > **26. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.** > > 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. (Psalms 89:24-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 24. And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted. 25. And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. > > **26. He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' 27. I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.** > > 28. To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him. 29. And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. (Psalms 89:24-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/), via [Psalms 89.27](/codex/psalms-89-27/) - [Davidic Covenant](/codex/2-samuel-7-14/), via [Psalms 89.27](/codex/psalms-89-27/) **Lexicon:** - [G4416 - prototokos](/codex/g4416-prototokos/), via [Psalms 89.27](/codex/psalms-89-27/) - [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/) - [H1060 - bechor](/codex/h1060-bechor/), via [Psalms 89.27](/codex/psalms-89-27/) - [H1121 - ben](/codex/h1121-ben/) - [H2617 - hesed](/codex/h2617-hesed/), via [Psalms 89.24-49](/codex/psalms-89-24-49/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.