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Verse Psalms 89:30. _IF HIS CHILDREN FORSAKE MY LAW_] 2 Samuel 7:13,
where this and some of the following verses are explained....
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IF HIS CHILDREN - His posterity; his successors on the throne.
FORSAKE MY LAW - If they are not regulated by it in the administration
of their government, and in their private lives. It is here suppos...
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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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The sins of David's descendants will bring chastisement to them, but
they will not annul the promise to David. Man's unfaithfulness cannot
make void the faithfulness of God, though it may modify the c...
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DISCOURSE: 650
GOD’S COVENANT ENGAGEMENTS WITH CHRIST AND US
Psalms 89:28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to
endure for...
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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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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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(30-33) An elaboration of 2 Samuel 7:14, and evidently made with a
purpose. The poet acknowledges the sin of Israel in past times, but
also regards the sufferings of the exile as having been the punis...
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_[Psalms 89:31]_ אִם ־יַֽעַזְב֣וּ בָ֭נָיו
תֹּורָתִ֑י וּ֝...
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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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It is all along considered, in the covenant-engagements of Jehovah,
that the seed of Christ will manifest frequent rebellions. I knew,
saith Jehovah, speaking of Israel, that thou wouldest deal very
t...
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30._If his children shall forsake my law. _The prophet proceeds yet
farther, declaring, that although the posterity of David should fall
into sin, yet God had promised to show himself merciful towards...
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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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IF HIS CHILDREN FORSAKE MY LAW,.... The same with the seed before
mentioned, the children of the Messiah: it is not said "if he
forsakes", which cannot be supposed of Christ, because he knew no sin,
n...
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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Ver. 30. _If his children forsake my law, &c._] If they fall into sins
of commission; if they shoot beyond the mark.
_ And walk not in my...
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_My mercy_ Declared and promised to him and his seed, as it here
follows; _will I keep for him for evermore_ Nothing shall alter my
kind intentions, but I will mercifully fulfil all my promises to him...
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If His children forsake My Law, if the Messiah's spiritual offspring,
those who have once accepted Jesus as their Savior, will then again
reject His Word. AND WALK NOT IN MY JUDGMENTS, in refusing to...
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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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Of this and the two next verses, SEE POOLE ON "2 SAMUEL 7:14", SEE
POOLE ON "2 SAMUEL 7:15"....
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Psalms 89:30 sons H1121 forsake H5800 (H8799) law H8451 walk H3212
(H8799) judgments H4941
If -...
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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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_If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments._
GOD’S DISPLEASURE AT HIS PEOPLE’S SINS
I. The conduct described.
1. Far from uncommon.
2. Exceedingly heinous.
3. Very ungrateful....
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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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1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 7:17; 2 Samuel 7:14; Ezekiel 18:17;...
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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...