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Verse Psalms 89:38. _BUT THOU HAST CAST OFF_] Hitherto the psalmist
has spoken of the _covenant of God with David_ and his family, which
led them to expect all manner of prosperity, and a perpetuity...
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BUT THOU HAST CAST OFF - literally, Thou hast treated as a foul,
offensive thing; thou hast treated him to whom these promises were
made, as if he were a vile and detestable object - as that which one...
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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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THINE. Thine own....
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And THOU, thou hast cast off and rejected,
Hast been enraged with thine anointed.
The Psalmist has drawn out God's promise in the fullest detail, and
now he confronts God with it: thou Who art omnip...
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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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THOU HAST BEEN WROTH WITH THINE ANOINTED— One of the posterity of
David, and his lawful successor in the kingdom. These verses are
applicable to Zedekiah. See 2 Kings 24:20; Exodus 25:6 and
Lamentatio...
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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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ABHORRED] RV 'rejected.' THINEANOINTED] Israel's king. A particular
individual, probably Jehoiachin, seems to be in view in this and the
following vv., though they may also be understood of the nation...
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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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BUT THOU. — The poem takes a new departure here. God is reproached
for violating the covenant, and the contrast between the actual
condition of things in Israel at present, and the glorious destiny
pr...
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_[Psalms 89:39]_ וְ אַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַ
תִּמְאָ֑ס...
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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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38._But thou hast abhorred and rejected him. _Here the prophet
complains that in consequence of the decayed state of the kingdom, the
prophecy appeared to have failed of its accomplishment. Not that h...
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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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BUT THOU HAST CAST OFF,.... Here begin objections to what is before
said, and swore to; even to the everlasting love of God, to Christ,
and to his seed, to the unchangeableness and unalterableness of...
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But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed.
Ver. 38. _But thou hast cast off and abhorred_] So it seemed to the
psalmist through infirmity of the flesh (though his...
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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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But Thou hast cast off and abhorred, rejected, THOU HAST BEEN WROTH
WITH THINE ANOINTED. The vicarious nature of the Redeemer's work is
here stressed. So completely does He become the Substitute of ma...
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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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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 expostulates with God about...
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Psalms 89:38 off H2186 (H8804) abhorred H3988 (H8799) furious H5674
(H8694) anointed H4899
But -...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Samuel 1:21; 2 Samuel 15:26;...