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Verse Psalms 89:43. _THOU HAST ALSO TURNED THE EDGE OF HIS SWORD._]
The arms and military prowess of thy people are no longer of any use
to them; THOU art _against_ them, and therefore they are falle...
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THOU HAST ALSO TURNED THE EDGE OF HIS SWORD - That is, Thou hast
turned it away, so that when it is raised to strike, it does not
descend on the object aimed at by the blow. The meaning is, that he
ha...
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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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But present realities are in appalling contrast to this glorious
promise: the king is rejected and dethroned, his kingdom is overrun by
invaders, his enemies are triumphant....
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Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword (R.V.): i.e. not as A.V.
might seem to mean, bluntest it, but as the parallelism shews, makest
it give way in battle. Cp. 2 Samuel 1:22....
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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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But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed.
-The people of the covenant contrast the sad state of things actually
with what the covenant seemed to promise. Simila...
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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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EDGE OF HIS SWORD. — The Hebrew is _tsûr, i.e., rock,_ and a
comparison with Joshua 5:2 (margin) suggests that we have here a
reminiscence of the “stone age.” The word “flint” for the edge
of a weapon...
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_[Psalms 89:44]_ אַף ־תָּ֭שִׁיב צ֣וּר
חַרְבֹּ֑ו וְ...
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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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“A CONSUMING FIRE”
Psalms 89:38
Here the psalmist falls into expostulation and lament. Whether he
alludes to the time when Jerusalem was taken by Shishak in the days of
Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:25, or wh...
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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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Here is a new train of thoughts, arising out of the view of God's
covenant love in redemption, celebrated before. The degeneracy of
Israel, and the captivity of the people (probably with an eye to the...
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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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THOU HAST ALSO TURNED THE EDGE OF HIS SWORD,.... Or the "sharpness" a
of it blunted it, so that it could do no execution: the disciples of
Christ were not allowed the use of the temporal sword to defe...
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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to
stand in the battle.
Ver. 43. _Thou hast also turned the edge_] Disarmed and disabled him.
_ And hast not made him, &c._] But tu...
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_But thou hast cast off_ Having hitherto declared the certainty of
God's promises, he now proceeds to show the unsuitableness of the
present dispensations of God's providence thereunto, and humbly
exp...
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38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with
his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When
the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God...
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TURNED THE EDGE OF HIS SWORD; so that he can neither offend his
enemies, nor defend himself. NOT MADE HIM TO STAND, but to flee and
fall before his enemies; for more is understood than what is
express...
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Psalms 89:43 turned H7725 (H8686) edge H6697 sword H2719 sustained
H6965 (H8689) battle H4421
turned -...
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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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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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_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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:38 It looks and feels as if God has not kept
his promises to the house of David (and thus to his people). This
section repeats words from the preceding parts of the psalm to st...
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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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2 Chronicles 25:8; Ezekiel 30:21; Joshua 7:4; Joshua 7:5; Joshua 7:8;...