89 Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

Other Translations of Psalm 119:89

King James Version

89 LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

English Standard Version

89 Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

The Message

89 What you say goes, God, and stays, as permanent as the heavens.

New King James Version

89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.

New Living Translation

89 Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:89

Commentary on Psalm 119:89-96

(Read Psalm 119:89-96)

The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone.