Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 89:27
Firstborn. — Jesse’s youngest son became the firstborn, the favourite son of God. Here, of course, the epithet is extended to all the Davidic succession.
Firstborn. — Jesse’s youngest son became the firstborn, the favourite son of God. Here, of course, the epithet is extended to all the Davidic succession.
Verse Psalms 89:27. _I WILL MAKE HIM_ MY _FIRST-BORN_] I will deal with him as a father by his _first-born son_, to whom a double portion of possessions and honours belong. _First-born_ is not always...
ALSO I WILL MAKE HIM MY FIRST-BORN - He shall be regarded and treated by me as the first-born son is in a family; that is, with distinguished favor and honor. Compare Genesis 27:19; Genesis 29:26; Exo...
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 ...
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...
HIGHER. MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _'Elyon._ App-4. This looks forward to Immanuel (Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7; Micah 5:2)....
I also corresponds to the emphatic _He_at the beginning of Psalms 89:26. It is God's answer to David's cry of filial love. The titles _son_and _first-born_applied to Israel (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9...
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...
ALSO I WILL MAKE HIM MY FIRST-BORN, &C.— I will deal with him as with an eldest son, to whom a double portion of honour and possessions is due; and advance him to greater dignity than any other prince...
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...
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...
89:27 highest (c-11) _ Elyon_ . see Psalms 83:18 ....
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...
_My_ FIRSTBORN] The position formerly given to the nation (Exodus 4:22) is here assigned to its king. 30F. The promises of the past are recalled in view of the sad present. Israel had suffered for hi...
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 ...
_[Psalms 89:28]_ אַף ־אָ֭נִי בְּכֹ֣ור אֶתְּנֵ֑הוּ עֶ֝לְיֹ֗ון...
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.,_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ALSO I WILL MAKE HIM MY FIRSTBORN,.... Or, "make him the firstborn"; make him great, as Jarchi interprets it; give him the blessing, the double portion of inheritance: so Christ is made most blessed f...
Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Ver. 27. _Also I will make him my firstborn_] Christ is the firstborn of every creature, and in all things hath the pre-eminen...
_I will make him my firstborn_ As he calls me father, so I will make him my son, yea, my _firstborn;_ the firstborn had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage, in some sort...
THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
Also I will make Him My First-born, God's only-begotten Son, Psalms 2:7, HIGHER THAN THE KINGS OF THE EARTH; for the Messiah, as the almighty Ruler of the universe, is above them all....
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...
As he calls me Father, PSALMS 89:26, so I will make him my son, yea, my first-born, who had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage in some sort agree to David, who may well...
Psalms 89:27 make H5414 (H8799) firstborn H1060 highest H5945 kings H4428 earth H776 Also - Psalms
HIGHER THAN THE KINGS OF THE EARTH The eighty-ninth Psalm is at once the confirmation and exposition of the Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:9). That the covenant itself looks far beyond David and Solomo...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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 ...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:26 FATHER... FIRSTBORN. See 2 Samuel 7:14. Just as Israel is God’s “firstborn” ...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 1:12; 2 Chronicles 9:23; 2 Chronicles 9:24; Colossians 1:15;...
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...
My first — born — As he calls me father, Psalms 89:26, so I will make him my son, yea my first — born; who had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage in some sort agree to...