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Verse Psalms 89:49. _LORD, WHERE_ ARE _THY FORMER LOVINGKINDNESSES_]
Wilt thou not deal with _us_ as thou didst with our _fathers_? Didst
thou not swear unto David that thou wouldst distinguish _him_...
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LORD, WHERE ARE THY FORMER LOVING-KINDNESSES - Thy mercies; thy
pledges; thy promises. Where are those promises which thou didst make
formerly to David? Are they accomplished? Or are they forgotten an...
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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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LORD *. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered Jehovah to
Adonai. See App-32.
SWAREST. See 2 Samuel 7, and note on Psalms 89:3.
TRUTH. faithfulness. Same word as rendered "faithfulness" i...
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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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After an interlude of music the Psalmist resumes his prayer. He
returns to the thoughts of God's lovingkindness and faithfulness, from
which he started (Psalms 89:1). But His lovingkindnesses seem to...
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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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_[Psalms 89:50]_ אַיֵּ֤ה ׀ חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ הָ
רִאשֹׁנִ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י...
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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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_THE FAILURE OF FAITH_
‘Lord, where are Thy former lovingkindnesses, which Thou swarest
unto David in Thy truth?’
Psalms 89:49
It was on the morrow of the profound humiliation of Jerusalem by
Shish...
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49._O Lord! where are thy former mercies? _The prophet encourages
himself, by calling to remembrance God’s former benefits, as if his
reasoning were, That God can never be unlike himself, and that
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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LORD, WHERE ARE THY FORMER LOVINGKINDNESSES,.... The spiritual
blessings said to be in Christ; the grace said to be given to us in
him; the sure mercies of David, such as redemption, justification,
re...
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_What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?_ All men, at
their best estate, are mortal and miserable; kings and people must
unavoidably die by the condition of their natures. _Lord, where ar...
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Lord, where are Thy former loving-kindnesses which Thou swarest to
David in Thy truth? He places His confidence in the merciful
kindnesses of the Lord, as contained in the Lord's faithful promises,
su...
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LAMENT AND COMFORT...
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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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Hast thou forgotten or repented of all that mercy and kindness which
thou hast promised and sworn, and sometimes performed, unto David and
his family and kingdom?...
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Psalms 89:49 Lord H136 former H7223 lovingkindnesses H2617 swore H7650
(H8738) David H1732 truth H530
where -...
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Psalms 89:49
It was on the morrow of the profound humiliation of Jerusalem by
Shishak, and amidst the political and religious ruins which it had
brought with it, that the eighty-ninth Psalm was writte...
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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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_Lord, where are Thy former lovingkindnesses, which Thou swarest unto
David in Thy truth?_
ETHAN’S PSALM
Of Ethan the Ezrahite we may form a much more complete conception than
of Heman, his colleague...
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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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2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 7:15; Hebrews 7:21; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 63:7;...