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Verse Psalms 89:40. _THOU HAST BROKEN DOWN ALL HIS HEDGES_] Thou hart
permitted the land to be stripped of all defence; there is not even
one strong place in the hands of thy people....
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THOU HAST BROKEN DOWN ALL HIS HEDGES - His walls or defenses; all that
he relied on for safety.
THOU HAST BROUGHT HIS STRONGHOLDS TO RUIN - His towers,
fortifications; defenses. The enemy has been su...
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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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Insensibly the king is identified with the nation whose head and
representative he was. The first line is taken from the description of
Israel as a vine in Psalms 80:12.
_hedges_ Or, as R.V. in Psalm...
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THOU HAST BROKEN DOWN ALL HIS HEDGES— _Thou hast broken all his
fences_ or _walls: thou hast made his strong-holds a ruin._ Mudge and
Green. See Psalms 80:12....
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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 thought passes from the king to the nation. For the figure cp.
Psalms 80:12....
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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 89:41]_ פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כָל
־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו
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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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40._Thou hast broken down all his walls. _The prophet, although he
might easily have found another cause to which to impute the breaking
down and razing of the fortifications, yet under the influence...
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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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THOU HAST BROKEN DOWN ALL HIS HEDGES,.... Round about his vine, the
church; see Psalms 80:12. A famous church was raised at Jerusalem,
quickly after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, w...
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruin.
Ver. 40. _Thou hast broken down all his hedges_] Or, walls. The walls
of Sparta were their militia, of England are th...
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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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Thou hast broken down all His hedges, the fences which kept the
enemies from assailing Him; THOU HAST BROUGHT HIS STRONGHOLDS TO RUIN,
the Proxy of mankind having all His fortifications taken from Him...
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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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ALL HIS HEDGES; all the means of his protection and safety....
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Psalms 89:40 down H6555 (H8804) hedges H1448 brought H7760 (H8804)
strongholds H4013 ruin H4288
broken -...
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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...