Psalms 89:1
Sing — He prefaces this, lest the following complainers of present miseries should argue ingratitude for former mercies. Faithfulness — Whatsoever hath befallen us, it proceeded not from thy unfaithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sing — He prefaces this, lest the following complainers of present miseries should argue ingratitude for former mercies. Faithfulness — Whatsoever hath befallen us, it proceeded not from thy unfaithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Establish — As firmly and durably as the heavens themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Chosen — With David; whom I have chosen to the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Build up — I will perpetuate the kingdom to thy posterity; which was promised upon condition, and was literally accomplished in Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heavens — The inhabitants of heaven. Faithfulness — Understand, shall be praised; which supplements are usual in scripture.... [ Continue Reading ]
Among — The highest angels.... [ Continue Reading ]
Feared — With a fear of reverence. Saints — The whole society of angels. All that — That encompass his throne.... [ Continue Reading ]
Round thee — Like a girdle encompassing thee. It appears in all thy words and works.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rhahab — Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tabor — The several parts of the land of Canaan, both within Jordan, where mount Tabor is; and without it, where Hermon lies. Rejoice — Shall be fruitful and prosperous, and so give their inhabitants cause to rejoice. In — By thy favour.... [ Continue Reading ]
Justice and judgment — Justice in judging.... [ Continue Reading ]
Know — Who enjoy the presence of God and his ordinances, to which they are called by the sound of trumpets. Walk — Under the comfortable influences of thy favour.... [ Continue Reading ]
Name — In the knowledge and remembrance of thy name, of thy infinite power and goodness.... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory — To thee alone belongs the glory of all their valiant achievements.... [ Continue Reading ]
Vision — Which then was the usual way by which God spake to the prophets. Holy one — To thy holy prophets; the singular number being put for the plural; especially to Samuel and Nathan. Laid help — I have provided help for my people. Upon — Upon a person of singular courage and wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Exact — Not conquer him or make him tributary.... [ Continue Reading ]
Set — Establish his power and dominion. The sea — The mid — land sea. The rivers — Euphrates, called rivers, in regard of divers branches of it, and rivers which flow into it. So here is a description of the uttermost bounds of the promised land.... [ Continue Reading ]
My first — born — As he calls me father, Psalms 89:26, so I will make him my son, yea my first — born; who had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage in some sort agree to David, but are properly accomplished in Christ. Higher — This also was in some sort accomplished in... [ Continue Reading ]
For ever — To sit upon the throne for ever, as the next words explain it. This was accomplished only in Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
A witness — The rainbow, which is God's faithful witness, a token of God's everlasting covenant between God and every living creature for perpetual generations, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
But — Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now humbly expostulates with God about it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Youth — The youthful and flourishing estate of David's kingdom was very short, and reached not beyond his next successor.... [ Continue Reading ]
Short — Our time, the time of our king and kingdom, in whose name the psalmist puts up this petition. Wherefore — Wherefore hast thou made us and our king (and consequently all other men, whose condition is nothing better than ours) in vain, or to so little purpose? Didst thou raise us and him, sett... [ Continue Reading ]
What man — All men at their best estate are mortal and miserable; kings and people must unavoidably die by the conditions of their natures; and therefore, Lord, do not increase our affliction.... [ Continue Reading ]
How I — We thy servants; our king and his people; of whom he speaks as of one person.... [ Continue Reading ]
Anointed — By whom he seems to understand either first the kings of Judah, the singular number being put for the plural; and by their footsteps may be meant either their ways or actions, or the memorials of their ancient splendor; or secondly the Messiah, whom the Jews continually expected for a lon... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed — Let thine enemies reproach thee and thy promises concerning the sending of the Messiah, I will heartily bless and praise thee for them, and encourage myself with them.... [ Continue Reading ]