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Verse Psalms 89:50. _I DO BEAR IN MY BOSOM_] Our enemies, knowing our
confidence, having often heard our boast in thee, and now seeing our
low and hopeless estate, mock us for our confidence, and blas...
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REMEMBER, LORD, THE REPROACH OF THY SERVANTS - Remember this, so as to
cause it to pass away; he not forgetful or unmindful of this. Compare
Psalms 89:47. The psalmist desired that all this might be b...
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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 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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_the reproach of thy servants_ The taunts which they have to bear as
the servants of a God Who, say their enemies, cannot or will not help
them. Cp. Psalms 74:10; Psalms 74:18; Psalms 74:22;...
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HOW I DO BEAR IN MY BOSOM, &C.— _How I bear in my bosom all
wherewith mighty nations,_ Psalms 89:51. _Wherewith thine enemies, O
Lord, reproach; wherewith they reproach the steps of thine anointed._
M...
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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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89:50 mighty (a-19) Lit. 'many,' i.e. 'numerous.'...
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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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PEOPLE] RV 'peoples,' the enemies of Israel....
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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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The phrase, “bear in my bosom,” is explained by Psalms 79:12....
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_[Psalms 89:51]_ זְכֹ֣ר אֲ֭דֹנָי חֶרְפַּ֣ת
עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ שְׂאֵתִ֥י...
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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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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my
(i) bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
(i) He means that God's enemies not only slandered him behind his
back, but also...
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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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50._O Lord! remember the reproach of thy servants. _They again allege,
that they are held in derision by the ungodly, — a consideration
which had no small influence in moving God to compassion: for th...
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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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REMEMBER, LORD, THE REPROACH OF THY SERVANTS,.... The apostles of
Christ, his servants, and the servants of the living God, that showed
unto men the way of salvation, and other saints with them that
b...
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my
bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
Ver. 50. _Remember, Lord_] Thou seemest to have forgotten us and our
sufferings, and...
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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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LAMENT AND COMFORT...
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, for He was bearing the
reproach which should have struck others; HOW I DO BEAR IN MY BOSOM
THE REPROACH OF ALL THE MIGHTY PEOPLE, literally, "all many peo...
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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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I, i.e. we thy servants, as he now said; our king and his people; of
whom he speaks as of one person, as is very usual in Holy Scripture.
Or the psalmist showeth how particularly and passionately he r...
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Psalms 89:50 Remember H2142 (H8798) Lord H136 reproach H2781 bear
H5375 (H8800) bosom H2436 many H7227 peoples...
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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 89:46 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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How I — We thy servants; our king and his people; of whom he speaks
as of one person....