Made void. — Better, cast off, as the word is rendered in Lamentations 2:7, the only other place where it occurs. There the LXX. have “shook off;” here, “turned upside down.”
Thou hast profaned. — Comp. Psalms 74:7.
THOU HAST MADE VOID THE COVENANT OF THY SERVANT - Thou hast dealt with him as if there were no such covenant; as if no such promise had been made to him. The word rendered “made void,” means to abhor,...
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...
MADE VOID. disowned only here and in Lamentations 2:7. Lam 2:45 SELAH. Connecting the visitation with the prayer for its removal. See App-66....
But present realities are in appalling contrast to this glorious promise: the king is rejected and dethroned, his kingdom is overrun by invaders, his enemies are triumphant....
Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast cast his desecrated crown to the ground. _Thine anointed, thy servant_(cp. Psalms 89:20) include both David and the successor who represents...
THOU HAST MADE VOID THE COVENANT, &C.— We may piously say, that it is not in God's power to break any promise he hath made, or for his word to fail in performing any good to mankind, which we have any...
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...
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. -The people of the covenant contrast the sad state of things actually with what the covenant seemed to promise. Simila...
89:39 crown (f-14) Elsewhere also 'diadem.' see Note c, Numbers 6:2 ....
MADE VOID] RV 'abhorred.'...
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...
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 89:40]_ נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָ...
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.,_...
“A CONSUMING FIRE” Psalms 89:38 Here the psalmist falls into expostulation and lament. Whether he alludes to the time when Jerusalem was taken by Shishak in the days of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:25, or wh...
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...
Thou hast (d) made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his (e) crown [by casting it] to the ground. (d) Because of the horrible confusion of things, the prophet complains to God, as...
Here is a new train of thoughts, arising out of the view of God's covenant love in redemption, celebrated before. The degeneracy of Israel, and the captivity of the people (probably with an eye to the...
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...
THOU HAST MADE VOID THE COVENANT OF THY SERVANT,.... His servant David the Messiah, Psalms 89:3, meaning not the covenant of circumcision, nor the covenant at Sinai, which were really made void at the...
_Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground._ Ver. 39. _Thou hast made void the covenant_] This passage a certain Spanish Rabbi stumbl...
_But thou hast cast off_ Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now proceeds to show the unsuitableness of the present dispensations of God's providence thereunto, and humbly exp...
Thou hast made void the covenant of Thy Servant, apparently spurning it in His anger; THOU HAST PROFANED HIS CROWN BY CASTING IT TO THE GROUND, He Himself being bowed down to the dust in the extreme m...
LAMENT AND COMFORT...
38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God...
MADE VOID THE COVENANT; which seems contrary to thy word given PSALMS 89:34. OF THY SERVANT, i.e. made with him. PROFAINED HIS CROWN, by exposing that sacred person, and family, and kingdom to contemp...
Psalms 89:39 renounced H5010 (H8765) covenant H1285 servant H5650 profaned H2490 (H8765) crown H5145 ground H776...
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...
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 89:38 It looks and feels as if God has not kept his promises to the house of David (and thus to his people). This section repeats words from the preceding parts of the psalm to st...
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...
Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 43:28; John 13:7; Lamentations 5:16; Psalms 1