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Psalms 89:8

O Lord God of hosts, the mighty Ruler of the armies of heaven, who is a strong Lord like unto Thee, He alone possessing and wielding omnipotent power, or to Thy faithfulness round about Thee? For it is by virtue of this manifestation of His essence that the believers rely upon His Word with absolute confidence; it surrounds Him on all sides, it is like the rays of the sun shedding their brilliance in all directions. The majesty of God's omnipotence is now described.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 89:8. _O LORD GOD OF HOSTS_] Thou who hast all armies at thy command, and canst serve thyself by every part of thy creation, whether animate or inanimate. _WHO_ IS _A STRONG LORD_] See P...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O LORD GOD OF HOSTS - See the notes at Isaiah 1:9; Psalms 24:10. God, commanding the armies of heaven; leading forth the stars; controlling all forces - all powers. WHO IS A STRONG LORD LIKE UNTO THEE...

  • 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

    GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah's incomparableness is manifested in nature and in history....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _God of hosts_ A significant title in this connexion. See 1 Kings 22:19; and note on Psalms 46:7. Who is a mighty one like thee, O Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee. Name and question b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    OR TO THY FAITHFULNESS ROUND ABOUT THEE?— _And thy faithfulness encompasseth thee._ This poetical phrase seems to allude to the expression in the foregoing verse, concerning the saints or angels _that...

  • 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...

  • 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

    OR TO THY FAITHFULNESS] RV 'and thy faithfulness is.'...

  • 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

    O LORD. — The Hebrew marches more grandly than the Authorised Version: “Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who as Thou is mighty, Jah? And Thy faithfulness surrounds Thee.” Or the last clause may be rendered, _...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (8-13) Not only is God incomparable in heaven, He is also the only mighty and lofty one in nature or history....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 89:9]_ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צְבָאֹ֗ות מִֽי ־כָֽמֹ֖וךָ...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Life. Literally, "age." Thou clearly discernest all our proceedings. (Haydock) --- Man is condemned for Adam's sin. The Israelites who were fit for arms, and gave way to murmuring, were sentenced to d...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These verses contain a blessed hymn of praise. Jehovah's name, and his perfections, are gratefully celebrated. His sovereignty, grace, power, love, and goodness, are beautifully set forth, and most th...

  • 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

    O LORD GOD OF HOSTS,.... Of all the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, and of all the heavenly hosts of angels, of all the armies in heaven, and the inhabitants of the earth: WHO IS A STRONG...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Ver. 8. _Who is a strong Lord, like unto thee_] Heb. Who is like thee, mighty Jah? This is to magn...

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

    _Who is a strong Lord like unto thee?_ Who is equal to thee in power, or, as it follows, in faithfulness. _Or to thy faithfulness round about thee_ Hebrew, _and thy faithfulness is round about thee_,...

  • 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

    WHO IS A STRONG LORD LIKE UNTO THEE? who is equal to thee in power, or, as it follows, in faithfulness? TO THY FAITHFULNESS ROUND ABOUT THEE, Heb. _and thy faithfulness is round about thee_, like a gi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 89:8 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 mighty H2626 LORD H3050 faithfulness H530 surrounds H5439 O Lord -...

  • 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

    _I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My _servant. THE COVENANT OF REDEMPTION The psalmist is anticipating the time when the families of mankind should be raised from a cond...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:8 God is more MIGHTY than any other being. He governs even the RAGING OF THE SEA; to the people of that day, the sea represented humanly unmanageable chaos....

  • 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 Samuel 15:19; 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 28:22;...

  • 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

    Round thee — Like a girdle encompassing thee. It appears in all thy words and works....

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