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Psalm 89:26-28
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 89:26-28
New Catholic Bible
26 “I will stretch his hand as far as the sea
and his right hand as far as the rivers.[a]
27 He will cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
28 [b]“I will designate him as my firstborn,
the highest of all earthly kings.
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:26 Sea . . . rivers: David’s dominion would extend from the Mediterranean Sea (west) to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (east). See Pss 72:8; 80:1.
- Psalm 89:28 The only one in whom these promises are fulfilled is Jesus Christ. This is hinted at by the use of firstborn and highest, which in Hebrew is elyon, a divine name (see Ps 83:19) applied to the Messiah, the Son of God (see 2 Sam 7:14; Jn 20:17) and supreme king (see Col 1:18; Rev 1:5).
