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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 89:5

Their years be. Hebrew, "thou strikest, (Calmet) or inundatest them: they are a dream." But our version is accurate. (Berthier)

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See also Psalms 89:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 89:5. _THE HEAVENS SHALL PRAISE THY WONDERS_] The works that shall be wrought by this descendant of David shall be so plainly miraculous as shall prove their origin to be Divine: and both...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE HEAVENS SHALL PRAISE THY WONDERS, O LORD - That is, the inhabitants of heaven shall find new occasion for praise in the faithfulness evinced in carrying out the promise to David, and in the ma...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 89 God's Faithfulness: His Oath-bound Covenant with David _ 1. Jehovah's faithfulness (Psalms 89:1)_ 2. His covenant with David (Psalms 89:19) 3. The ruin and desolation ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXXXIX. THE COVENANT WITH DAVID. The Ps. may be divided thus: Psalms 89:1. The promise made to David (2 Samuel 7). Yahweh is all-powerful, so that He can, faithful so that He will, fulfil His word. Ps...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAINTS. holy ones, or angels. See preceding line, &c....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The heavens_, in contrast to the earth, include the whole celestial order of being. Cp. Psalms 19:1; Psalms 50:6. _thy wonders_ The word in the Heb. is in the singular. It denotes not the _wondrousne...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah's incomparableness is ever being celebrated in heaven. The angelic beings, "who best can tell," as standing nearest to the throne of God, and partaking most of His nature, know that there is n...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The adoring recital of God's attributes which follows here has a twofold purpose in relation to the subject of the Psalm. It is a plea with God, and it is an encouragement to Israel. His omnipotence g...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 89 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Covenant with David Contrasted with the Present Dishonour of David's Heir. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 89:1-2, The Keynotes of the psalmJehovah's Kindness and Faithfu...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. -Inasmuch as the value of a promise depends on the power and the faithfulness of the promi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    89:5 celebrate (c-5) Elsewhere, 'praise,' 'confess.' wonders, (d-7) Lit. 'wonder.' congregation (e-15) As Exodus 12:3 . saints. (f-18) _ Kadosh_ , as ver. 18, 'Holy One,' ver. 20, 'holy [oil],' and ve...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting the promises made to David with their seeming lack...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CONGREGATION OF THE SAINTS] RV 'assembly of the holy ones.' The angels are meant....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MAKE YOUR *KINGDOM COME SOON! PSALMS 89 Make your *kingdom come soon. Make people obey your rules in the earth as they do in *heaven ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE HEAVENS. — Having repeated the Divine promise, the poet appeals to nature and history to confirm his conviction of the enduring character of the truth and grace of God. The heavens are witnesses o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 89:6]_ וְ יֹ֘וד֤וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם פִּלְאֲךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 89:1 THE foundation of this psalm is the promise in 2 Samuel 7:1 which guaranteed the perpetuity of the Davidic kingdom. Many of the characteristic phrases of the prophecy recur here- _ e.g.,_...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NO GOD LIKE OUR GOD Psalms 89:1 To understand this psalm we must turn to 2 Samuel 7:1, where God guaranteed that David's kingdom should be continued to his descendants. Nathan's words are quoted in P...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Taken as a whole, this song is one of the finest in the collection as a revelation of how the man of faith is compelled to view circumstances of calamity. In a poem of great beauty he first sets forth...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (e) heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. (e) The angels will praise your power and faithfulness in delivering your Church....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How beautiful again is this transition to the church. It is as if the church had said, Is Jehovah so gracious, so abundant in mercy, and truth? then let the heavens above declare thy wonders, and let...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._And the heavens shall praise thy wondrous work. _The prophet, having spoken of God’s covenant, even as faith ought to begin at the word, now descends to a general commendation of his works. It is,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 89. We have seen that Psalms 88 puts Israel in the presence of Jehovah (when guilty of having been unfaithful to Him), under the judgment of Jehovah, with the sense of wrath, yet in faith in Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE HEAVENS SHALL PRAISE THY WONDERS, O LORD,.... Which, by a prosopopceia, may be understood of the heavens literally, in the same sense as other inanimate creatures praise the Lord, Psalms 148:3...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Ver. 5. _And the heavens shall praise thy wonders_] Heb. thy miracle, viz. in their circumgy...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I have made a covenant with my chosen_ With David, whom I have chosen to the kingdom. _Thy seed will I establish for ever_, &c. I will perpetuate the kingdom to thy posterity; which was promised upon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE MESSIAH AND HIS KINGDOM. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Ethan, the Ezrahite, a descendant of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31. He belonged to a great family, or guild,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the heavens shall praise Thy wonders, O Lord, the miracles of love which he performed for the salvation of mankind; THY FAITHFULNESS ALSO, by which He would fulfill, and has fulfilled, His promise...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-14 The more God's works are known, the more they are admired. And to praise the Lord, is to acknowledge him to be such a one that there is none like him. Surely then we should feel and express reve...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE HEAVENS, i.e. the inhabitants of heaven, the holy angels, as JOB 15:15; who clearly discern and constantly adore thy mercy and faithfulness, when men upon earth are filled with doubts and perplexi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 89:5 heavens H8064 praise H3034 (H8686) wonders H6382 LORD H3068 faithfulness H530 assembly H6951 saints H6918

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 89:1. _I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 89:1. _I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 89:1. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. That is to say, an instructive Psalm, written by or for one Ethan, one of the great singers of David's day. He sings of the covenant, the covenant with Davi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Joy over and praise of God's greatness. Complaint of the seeming failure of the covenant and prayer for redress. CHARACTERS: God, David, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Though we may find it hard to...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The time of this ode is gathered from the text; it was written after Rahab, the proud Egyptian kingdom, Psalms 87:4, was broken to pieces, Psalms 89:10; and after the hedge, the wall of Jerusalem, was...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And, the heavens shall praise Thy wonders, O Lord._ THE WONDROUSNESS OF GOD I. His wonderfulness is the inspiration of universal worship. Awe, reverence, amazement, enter into the highest worship,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever._ A MAJESTIC SONG This psalm is one of the very choicest songs in the night. Midst a stream of troubled thoughts there stands a fair island of rescue...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:1. This is a community lament, but with a distinctive flavor. The people celebrate the Davidic kingship as God’s special gift to his people, but they also mourn the distr...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_Maschil_,” an instruction, a didactic poem. _“Of Ethan the Ezrahite_,” “one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon (1 Kings 4:31). There is li...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION At first sight, a psalm of praise; but, in reality, one of expostulation and complaint. The praises of God are sung in the opening section (Psalms 89:1); they culminated in the Davidical co...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou est...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Daniel 7:10; Deuteronomy 33:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PSALM OF WORSHIPFUL PRAISE Psalms 89:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we shall take the first two verses of our study and see what God will give us. Let us quote to you these verses i...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Heavens — The inhabitants of heaven. Faithfulness — Understand, shall be praised; which supplements are usual in scripture....

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