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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 mention of the king in Psalms 89:18 naturally leads up to the
covenant with David which was briefly alluded to in Psalms 89:3. The
Psalmist now recites the promise in detail in a poetical expansio...
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_With whom_&c. My helping hand shall continually be with him: a
stronger equivalent for "the Lord was with him," 1 Samuel 18:12; 1Sa
18:14; 2 Samuel 5:10....
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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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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the
people.
-Development of the original promise to David, alread...
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89:21 whom (b-2) Or 'him.'...
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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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_[Psalms 89:22]_ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָ֭דִי תִּכֹּ֣ון
עִמֹּ֑ו אַף...
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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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THE COVENANT WITH DAVID
Psalms 89:19
In this section the psalmist draws put, in detail, the fundamental
prophecy by Nathan already mentioned; first, in the promises given to
David, Psalms 89:19; and...
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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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Nothing, I venture to believe, hath tended more to obscure the glories
of the Lord Jesus, and to hide from the view of an ordinary reader the
many blessed things which the book of Psalms is continuall...
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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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WITH WHOM MY HAND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED,.... A promise of God's
gracious presence with Christ, as man and Mediator, which is his work;
of a communication of grace and strength from him, to carry him
th...
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With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen
him.
Ver. 21. _With whom my hand shall be established_] I will conduct and
carry him through all conditions with comfort. See Ez...
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_Then_ That is, of old; _thou spakest in vision_ Which then was the
usual way by which God spake to the prophets; _to thy Holy One_ To thy
holy prophets, the singular number being put for the plural;...
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with whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen
Him. The Messiah, anointed with the oil of holiness, with the Holy
Ghost, with the fullness of God's divinity, would be sustained...
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THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
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19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an
emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ,
the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without...
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WITH WHOM MY HAND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, i.e. constantly abide to
protect and assist him....
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Psalms 89:21 hand H3027 established H3559 (H8735) arm H2220 strengthen
H553 (H8762)
With -...
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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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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 89:19 The mention of the king’s role in
Israel (v. Psalms 89:18) leads to the story of how David and his heirs
came to be the royal family ...
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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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2 Samuel 7:8; Ezekiel 30:24; Ezekiel 30:25; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 42:1
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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...