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Verse Psalms 89:8. _O LORD GOD OF HOSTS_] Thou who hast all armies at
thy command, and canst serve thyself by every part of thy creation,
whether animate or inanimate.
_WHO_ IS _A STRONG LORD_] See P...
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O LORD GOD OF HOSTS - See the notes at Isaiah 1:9; Psalms 24:10. God,
commanding the armies of heaven; leading forth the stars; controlling
all forces - all powers.
WHO IS A STRONG LORD LIKE UNTO THEE...
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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4....
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OR TO THY FAITHFULNESS ROUND ABOUT THEE?— _And thy faithfulness
encompasseth thee._ This poetical phrase seems to allude to the
expression in the foregoing verse, concerning the saints or angels
_that...
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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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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints.
-Inasmuch as the value of a promise depends on the power and the
faithfulness of the promi...
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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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OR TO THY FAITHFULNESS] RV 'and thy faithfulness is.'...
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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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O LORD. — The Hebrew marches more grandly than the Authorised
Version:
“Jehovah, God of Hosts,
Who as Thou is mighty, Jah?
And Thy faithfulness surrounds Thee.”
Or the last clause may be rendered, _...
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(8-13) Not only is God incomparable in heaven, He is also the only
mighty and lofty one in nature or history....
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_[Psalms 89:9]_ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י
צְבָאֹ֗ות מִֽי ־כָֽמֹ֖וךָ...
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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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NO GOD LIKE OUR GOD
Psalms 89:1
To understand this psalm we must turn to 2 Samuel 7:1, where God
guaranteed that David's kingdom should be continued to his
descendants. Nathan's words are quoted in P...
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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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Life. Literally, "age." Thou clearly discernest all our proceedings.
(Haydock) --- Man is condemned for Adam's sin. The Israelites who were
fit for arms, and gave way to murmuring, were sentenced to d...
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These verses contain a blessed hymn of praise. Jehovah's name, and his
perfections, are gratefully celebrated. His sovereignty, grace, power,
love, and goodness, are beautifully set forth, and most 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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O LORD GOD OF HOSTS,.... Of all the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon,
and stars, and of all the heavenly hosts of angels, of all the armies
in heaven, and the inhabitants of the earth:
WHO IS A STRONG...
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O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about thee?
Ver. 8. _Who is a strong Lord, like unto thee_] Heb. Who is like thee,
mighty Jah? This is to magn...
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_Who is a strong Lord like unto thee?_ Who is equal to thee in power,
or, as it follows, in faithfulness. _Or to thy faithfulness round
about thee_ Hebrew, _and thy faithfulness is round about thee_,...
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O Lord God of hosts, the mighty Ruler of the armies of heaven, WHO IS
A STRONG LORD LIKE UNTO THEE, He alone possessing and wielding
omnipotent power, OR TO THY FAITHFULNESS ROUND ABOUT THEE? For it i...
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OF THE MESSIAH AND HIS KINGDOM.
Maschil, a didactic poem, of Ethan, the Ezrahite, a descendant of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31. He
belonged to a great family, or guild,...
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5-14 The more God's works are known, the more they are admired. And
to praise the Lord, is to acknowledge him to be such a one that there
is none like him. Surely then we should feel and express reve...
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WHO IS A STRONG LORD LIKE UNTO THEE? who is equal to thee in power,
or, as it follows, in faithfulness? TO THY FAITHFULNESS ROUND ABOUT
THEE, Heb. _and thy faithfulness is round about thee_, like a gi...
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Psalms 89:8 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 mighty H2626 LORD H3050
faithfulness H530 surrounds H5439
O Lord -...
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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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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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Psalms 89:1. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. That is to say, an
instructive Psalm, written by or for one Ethan, one of the great
singers of David's day. He sings of the covenant, the covenant with
Davi...
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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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_I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My
_servant.
THE COVENANT OF REDEMPTION
The psalmist is anticipating the time when the families of mankind
should be raised from a cond...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:8 God is more MIGHTY than any other being.
He governs even the RAGING OF THE SEA; to the people of that day, the
sea represented humanly unmanageable chaos....
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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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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 Samuel 15:19; 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 28:22;...
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THE PSALM OF WORSHIPFUL PRAISE
Psalms 89:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction we shall take the first two verses of our study
and see what God will give us. Let us quote to you these verses i...
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Round thee — Like a girdle encompassing thee. It appears in all thy
words and works....