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Verse Psalms 89:2. _MERCY SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER_] God's
_goodness_ is the _foundation_ on which his _mercy rests_; and from
that source, and on that foundation, acts of mercy shall flow and be
bu...
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FOR I HAVE SAID - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this,
“Thou hast said,” which is more in accordance with what the
connection seems to demand; but the Hebrew will not admit of this
constr...
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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 ...
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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...
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I HAVE SAID. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "Thou
hast said". Compare Psalms 89:19. The words of Ethan, reminding
Jehovah of His covenant with David.
MERCY. Lovingkindness, or grace....
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The Psalmist states his theme: the lovingkindness and faithfulness of
Jehovah, which he is persuaded can never fail; and the promise of
eternal dominion to the house of David....
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_For I have said_ -I have deliberately come to this conclusion." Thus
emphatically the poet introduces the motive for his song. He is
persuaded that one stone after another will continue to be laid in...
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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...
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
FOR I HAVE SAID, MERCY SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER - as a building
ever progressing to...
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89:2 Loving-kindness (b-4) Lit. 'loving-kindnesses,' 'mercies,' _
chesed_ , as ver. 49. The word is the same, but in the singular, in
vers. 2,14,24,28,33. See Notes, Psalms 4:3 ; Psalms 43:1 ; Psalms...
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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...
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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 ...
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MERCY... FAITHFULNESS. — These words, so often combined, express
here, as commonly in the psalms, the attitude of the covenant God
towards His people. The art of the poet is shown in this exordium. He...
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_[Psalms 89:3]_ כִּֽי ־אָמַ֗רְתִּי עֹ֭ולָם
חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה...
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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.,_...
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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...
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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...
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For I have (b) said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy
faithfulness shalt thou (c) establish in the very heavens.
(b) As he who surely believed in heart.
(c) As your invisible heaven is not subj...
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Formed. Hebrew, "brought forth," Job xxxviii. 8. (Calmet) --- Here
Origen improperly concluded the sentence. (St. Jerome, Ep. ad Cypr.)
--- God, is not in Septuagint, Syriac, or ancient Latin psalters...
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Nothing can be more beautiful or interesting than the transition which
is here made from Ethan to Jehovah himself. The sacred writer had
determined to make known God's mercies; but in so doing, the Lo...
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2_For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever. _He assigns the
reason why he perseveres in singing the Divine praises in the midst of
adversities; which is, that he does not despair of the manif...
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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...
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FOR I HAVE SAID,.... That is, in his heart he had said, he had thought
of it, was assured of it, strongly concluded it, from the Spirit and
word of God; he believed it, and therefore he spoke it; havi...
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Ver. 2. _For I have said_] I believed, therefore have I spoken it; I
dare say it shall be...
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_I will sing of the mercies of the Lord_ He speaks this by way of
preface, lest the following complaints of present miseries should
argue ingratitude for former mercies. _I will make known thy
faithfu...
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1-4 Though our expectations may be disappointed, yet God's promises
are established in the heavens, in his eternal counsels; they are out
of the reach of opposers in hell and earth. And faith in the b...
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I HAVE SAID within myself. I have been assured in my own mind. MERCY
SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER: as thou hast laid a sure foundation of
mercy to David's family, by that everlasting covenant which thou...
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Psalms 89:2 said H559 (H8804) Mercy H2617 up H1129 (H8735) forever
H5769 faithfulness H530 establish H3559 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_For I have said, Mercy shall be built up far ever._
THE BUILDING UP OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR THE WORLD
I. A good government for the world is a desirable thing. Human society
would scarcely be possi...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 6:18; Luke 1:50; Matthew 24:35;...
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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...
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Establish — As firmly and durably as the heavens themselves....