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Verse Psalms 89:51. _THEY HAVE REPROACHED THE FOOTSTEPS OF THINE
ANOINTED._] They search into the whole history of thy people; they
trace it up to the earliest times; and they find we have been
disob...
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WHEREWITH THINE ENEMIES HAVE REPROACHED, O LORD - Have reproached thee
and me. Wherewith they reproach thy character and cause, and reproach
me for having trusted to promises which seem not to be fulf...
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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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The Psalmist appeals to God to withdraw His wrath and remove this
contradiction, pleading the shortness of life and the taunts of God's
enemies as grounds for a speedy answer....
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Cp. Psalms 79:12, of which Psalms 89:50 is also a partial
reminiscence.
_the footsteps of thine anointed_ They are like a rabble hooting and
insulting him wherever he goes. Cp. Psalms 17:11;...
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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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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn
like fire?
-The suppliant here turns from lamentation to prayer, that the Lord
would remove the present prostration of David's...
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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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FOOTSTEPS... — Every step taken by Israel was the subject of
reproach. Rabbinical writers connect the verse with the delay of the
Messiah, since it brings reproach on those who wait for him in vain....
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_[Psalms 89:52]_ אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵרְפ֖וּ
אֹויְבֶ֥יךָ ׀ יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
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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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Wherewith (k) thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they
have reproached the (l) footsteps of thine anointed.
(k) So he calls them who persecute the Church.
(l) They laugh at us who patie...
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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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51._With which thy enemies, O Jehovah! have reproached thee. _What the
Psalmist now affirms is, not that the wicked torment the saints with
their contumelious language, but that they revile even God h...
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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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WHEREWITH THINE ENEMIES HAVE REPROACHED, O LORD,.... Which carries in
it another argument why the Lord should take notice of these
reproaches; because they come not only from their enemies, but from
h...
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Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have
reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Ver. 51. _The footsteps of thine anointed_] Heb. The heels or soles of
the foot, that...
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_Wherewith thine enemies have reproached the footsteps of thine
anointed_ Or, of the Messiah. By whom he seems to understand, either,
1st, The kings of Judah, the singular number being put for the plu...
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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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Or, _of thy Messiah_; by whom he seems to understand either, first,
the kings of Judah, the singular number being put for the plural; and
by their _footsteps_ may be meant either their ways or actions...
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Psalms 89:51 enemies H341 (H8802) reproached H2778 (H8765) LORD H3068
reproached H2778 (H8765) footsteps H6119 anoin
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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 89:46 There is great comfort in the promise of
an enduring Davidic house. The people can be confident that their
present low condition is not the end of their story. The appeal is...
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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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1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 4:13; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:21;...
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Anointed — By whom he seems to understand either first the kings of
Judah, the singular number being put for the plural; and by their
footsteps may be meant either their ways or actions, or the memori...