Psalm 89/Notes/Lexical.v. 34.935681
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- "Loyalty" and "faithfulness" are metonymies for "covenant" (cf. "covenant" in v. 35a). In Lev 26:44, for example, the object of the verb "annul" (הָפֵר) is "covenant," and in Ps 44:18, the object of the verb "deal falsely" (שִׁקַּרְנוּ) is also "covenant."