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Verse Psalms 89:25. _I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA_] This was
literally fulfilled in David. _Hand_ signifies power or authority; he
set his hand on the sea in _conquering_ the Philistines, and...
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I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA ... - His dominion shall extend
from the sea on the one hand to the rivers on the other. The sea here
evidently refers to the Mediterranean; and the rivers to the g...
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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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_in the sea … in the rivers_ R.V., on the sea … on the rivers;
i.e. I will extend his dominion to the Mediterranean on the west, and
to the Euphrates on the north-east, the boundaries of the land
acco...
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I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA, &C.— i.e. "His empire shall
extend from the Mediterranean sea to the rivers Euphrates and Tigris."
See 2 Samuel 8:1 and Psalms 72:8....
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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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IN.. IN] RV 'on.. on': see on Psalms 80:11....
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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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IN THE SEA. — A reference, as in Psalms 72:8; Psalms 80:11, to the
limits of the Solomonic kingdom, the Mediterranean and the Euphrates.
For the figure we may compare a saying attributed by Curtius to...
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_[Psalms 89:26]_ וְ שַׂמְתִּ֣י בַ † יָּ֣ם...
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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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I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the (x)
rivers.
(x) He will enjoy the land around him....
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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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25._And I will set his hand in the sea. _The vast extent of the
kingdom is here adverted to. As the people by their wickedness had, as
it were, blocked up the way, and intercepted the blessing of God,...
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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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I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA,.... Which is expressive not of
his dominion over the sea, and of his power and authority over all
things in it, which: he has by right of creation, and as Mediator...
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I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Ver. 25. _I will set his hand also in the sea_] He shall be a
vice-god, Dan 12:7 Revelation 10:1. Herodotus saith that the Aegin...
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_My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him Faithfulness_ in making
good all my promises to him; and _mercy_ in doing more for him than I
promised, and in pardoning his sins, for which I might justly...
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THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
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I will set His hand also in the sea, in the almighty power of the
Deity communicated to His human nature, AND HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE
RIVERS, imparting to Him the unlimited authority of divine power.
Je...
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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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I WILL SET HIS HAND, i.e. establish his power and dominion. IN THE
SEA; the midland sea. THE RIVERS, to wit, Euphrates, called rivers in
the plural number, as Nilus also is, ISAIAH 18:1 EZEKIEL 29:3,4...
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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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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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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 will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers._
THE MEDIATORIAL GLORY AND DOMINION OF JESUS CHRIST UNDER THE
GOSPEL-DISPENSATION
I. The means and the agency by which the kin...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:24 STEADFAST LOVE. See v. Psalms 89:33; 2
Samuel 7:15
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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 Kings 4:21; Psalms 2:8; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 80:11; Revelation 11:15
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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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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...