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Verse Psalms 89:35. _ONCE HAVE I SWORN_] I have made one determination
on this head, and have bound myself by my holiness; it is impossible
that I should change, and there needs no second oath, the on...
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ONCE HAVE I SWORN BY MY HOLINESS - That is, once for all; - a single
oath - an oath once taken by me - makes it certain. To swear by his
“holiness” is to pledge his own holy nature; to make it as cert...
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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 mention of the king in Psalms 89:18 naturally leads up to the
covenant with David which was briefly alluded to in Psalms 89:3. The
Psalmist now recites the promise in detail in a poetical expansio...
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_Once_ Once for all (LXX ἅπαξ, Vulg. _semel_): or, _one thing_.
_have I sworn_ Cp. Psalms 89:3. _by my holiness_ See note on Psalms
60:6.
_that I will not lie_ R.V. omits _that_, and makes this clau...
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The irreversible nature of a promise confirmed by God's oath....
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DISCOURSE: 650
GOD’S COVENANT ENGAGEMENTS WITH CHRIST AND US
Psalms 89:28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to
endure for...
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ONCE HAVE I SWORN, &C.— _One thing I swear by my holiness;_ (_I will
not lie unto David:_) Psalms 89:36. _His seed shall endure for ever,_
&c. Psalms 89:37. _As the moon, it shall be fixed firm for ev...
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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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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the
people.
-Development of the original promise to David, alread...
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89:35 holiness; (a-7) See Psalms 89:5 Note f....
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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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_[Psalms 89:36]_ אַ֭חַת נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי בְ
קָדְשִׁ֑י אִֽם...
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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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THE COVENANT WITH DAVID
Psalms 89:19
In this section the psalmist draws put, in detail, the fundamental
prophecy by Nathan already mentioned; first, in the promises given to
David, Psalms 89:19; and...
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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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What a blessed nevertheless this is, (verse 33) and how sweetly doth
it come in here, to give relief to a poor sin-beaten, tempted, and
fallen soul! Though poor and wretched, and wanderers from the Lo...
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35._Once have I sworn by my holiness. _God now confirms by an oath
what he previously stated he had promised to David; from which it
appears that it was not a matter of small importance; it being cert...
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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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ONCE HAVE I SWORN BY MY HOLINESS,.... Swearing is ascribed to God
after the manner of men, and is done in condescension to the weakness
of his people, and to remove doubts and hesitations from them,
r...
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_Once have I sworn by my holiness_, &c. Here he assigns some reasons
why he would not break his covenant with David, though he should have
just cause so to do, and though he had, upon such just cause,...
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THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
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Once have I sworn by My holiness, in a solemn oath by the essential
purity of His essence, THAT I WILL NOT LIE UNTO DAVID, to whom this
great Messianic promise had been given,...
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THAT I WILL NOT LIE:
if I lie...
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19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an
emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ,
the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without...
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Here he gives some reasons why he would not break his covenant with
David, though he should have just cause to do so, and though he had
upon such just cause broke his covenant made with others; first,...
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Psalms 89:35 Once H259 sworn H7650 (H8738) holiness H6944 lie H3576
(H8762) David H1732
Once -...
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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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_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 89:19 The mention of the king’s role in
Israel (v. Psalms 89:18) leads to the story of how David and his heirs
came to be the royal family ...
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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 Thessalonians 2:13; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:7; Hebrews 6:13; Hebrews 6:17;...
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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...