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Verse Psalms 89:9. _THOU RULEST THE RAGING OF THE SEA_] Whoever has
seen the sea in a storm, when its waves run what is called _mountain
high_, must acknowledge that nothing but omnipotent power could...
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THOU RULEST THE RAGING OF THE SEA - The pride; the anger; the lifting
up of the sea. That is, when the sea is raging and boisterous; when it
seems as if everything would be swept away before it, thou...
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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 adoring recital of God's attributes which follows here has a
twofold purpose in relation to the subject of the Psalm. It is a plea
with God, and it is an encouragement to Israel. His omnipotence
g...
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Jehovah's incomparableness is manifested in nature and in history....
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In this and the following verses thou, thine are the emphatic words.
_the raging_ Or, proud swelling. Cp. Psalms 46:3. The sea represents
the most turbulent and formidable of the powers of nature. Cp....
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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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89:9 pride (k-4) Or 'fury.'...
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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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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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(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 89:1
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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(i) Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
(i) For as he delivered the Church by the Red sea, and by destroying
Rahab, that is, the Egyptians, so will he...
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As a spider. As frail and weak as a spider's web; and miserable
withal, whilst, like a spider, we spend our bowels in weaving webs to
catch flies. (Challoner) --- Meditabuntur is here used in a passiv...
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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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9._Thou governest the pride of the sea. _I have already observed that
what the prophet has hitherto spoken generally concerning the power of
God, is to be referred to the miracle of the deliverance of...
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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 RULEST THE RAGING OF THE SEA,.... The power, pride, and elation
of it, when it swells, and foams, and rages, and becomes boisterous,
and threatens vessels upon it with utter ruin and destruction;...
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou
stillest them.
Ver. 9. _Thou rulest the raging of the sea_] That it overwhelm not the
earth: this work of God's power is often ce...
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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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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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Thou rulest the raging of the sea, when it tries to rise against His
laws in insolent defiance; WHEN THE WAVES THEREOF ARISE, THOU STILLEST
THEM, causing them to sink back in powerless rage. Before th...
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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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Giving commands and setting bounds to its waves when they are most
impetuous and unruly....
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Psalms 89:9 rule H4910 (H8802) raging H1348 sea H3220 waves H1530 rise
H7721 (H8800) still H7623 ...
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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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_Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, Thou
stillest them._
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT OF THE TUMULTUOUS
I. He rules the material sea. How furious does the old ocean sometimes...
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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 89:8 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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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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Job 38:8; Mark 4:39; Mark 4:41; Matthew 14:32; Matthew 8:24;...
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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...