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Verse Psalms 89:45. _THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH HAST THOU SHORTENED_] Our
kings have not reigned half their days, nor lived out half their
lives. The _four_ last kings of Judea reigned but a short time, an...
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THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH HAST THOU SHORTENED - This does not mean that he
had shortened his life, but that he had abbreviated the period of his
vigor, his hope, and his prosperity; instead of lengthening...
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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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He is prematurely old. Cp. Psalms 102:23. The words might be
figuratively applied to the nation (Hosea 7:9), or to the kingdom,
prematurely brought to an end: but it is more natural to regard them
as...
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THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH HAST THOU SHORTENED— Some understand this
verse as relating to Jehoiachin, who in his youth was made a slave:
(See 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:20.) and some to Zedekiah, who was
con...
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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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THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH] a phrase specially appropriate to Jehoiachin....
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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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_[Psalms 89:46]_ הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י
עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו
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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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The days of his (f) youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah.
(f) He shows that the kingdom fell before it came to perfection or was
ripe....
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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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45._Thou hast shortened the days of his youth. _Some would explain
this sentence as meaning, that God had weakened the king, so that he
faded or withered away at his very entrance upon the flower of y...
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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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THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH HAST THOU SHORTENED,.... His days of joy and
pleasure; such as days of youth are, in opposition to the days of old
age, which are evil, Ecclesiastes 11:9, these were shortened wh...
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with
shame. Selah.
Ver. 45. _The days of his youth hast thou shortened_] Thou hast nipped
him in the bud, snatched him away by an unti...
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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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LAMENT AND COMFORT...
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The days of His youth hast Thou shortened, by the tremendous pressure
of the burden of men's iniquity; THOU HAST COVERED HIM WITH SHAME,
wrapping Him up in disgrace before men. SELAH. Such was the Mes...
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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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Psalms 89:45 days H3117 youth H5934 shortened H7114 (H8689) covered
H5844 (H8689) shame H955 Selah H5542...
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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 10:19; Isaiah 63:18; Micah 7:10; Psalms 109:29;...
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Youth — The youthful and flourishing estate of David's kingdom was
very short, and reached not beyond his next successor....