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BLESSED IS THE PEOPLE - Happy is their condition. See the notes at
Psalms 1:1.
THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND - That hear that sound. DeWette explains
this of the call to the festivals and offerings, Levi...
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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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BLESSED. Happy. Figure of speech _Beatitudo._ App-6. See App-63.
THE JOYFUL SOUND. Of the trumpet's assembling sound. Leviticus 23.
COUNTENANCE. face. See Psalms 89:14.
SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS SYMBOLIZE...
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Happy the people that have such a God, and whose King is the
vicegerent of such a Sovereign. These verses form the transition to
the second division of the Psalms, vv19 ff. From the praise of God it
i...
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Happy the people that know the shout of joy,
That walk, Jehovah, In the light of thy countenance.
_Terû-âh_may mean the jubilant shouting with which religious
festivities were celebrated (Psalms 27:6...
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The adoring recital of God's attributes which follows here has a
twofold purpose in relation to the subject of the Psalm. It is a plea
with God, and it is an encouragement to Israel. His omnipotence
g...
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DISCOURSE: 648
THE BLESSEDNESS OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Psalms 89:15. _Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they
shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall
they rejoic...
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THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND— This probably refers to the trumpet,
which was always used by the express command of God at the Jewish
festivals. And as the ideas in the preceding verses are taken from
Go...
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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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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints.
-Inasmuch as the value of a promise depends on the power and the
faithfulness of the promi...
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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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THE JOYFUL SOUND] perhaps the sound of trumpets on the occasion of
Israel's national and religious rejoicing....
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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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THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND — _i.e._, that are familiar with the
shouting and music that accompanied the feasts of Israel.
THEY SHALL WALK. — Better in the present; and so of the verb in the
next vers...
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_[Psalms 89:16]_ אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭ עָם יֹודְעֵ֣י
תְרוּעָ֑ה...
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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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NO GOD LIKE OUR GOD
Psalms 89:1
To understand this psalm we must turn to 2 Samuel 7:1, where God
guaranteed that David's kingdom should be continued to his
descendants. Nathan's words are quoted in P...
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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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Blessed [is] the people that (m) know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy (n) countenance.
(m) Feeling in their conscience that God is their father.
(n) They will be prese...
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A new subject is here opened. The sacred writer, having celebrated the
praises of Jehovah in what had gone before, now speaks of the
happiness of his people. Moses had long before observed, that there...
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15._Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. _Here the same
train of reflection concerning the Church is pursued, not only because
unbelievers are blind to the consideration of God’s works, b...
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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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BLESSED IS THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND,.... Of the love,
grace, and mercy of God displayed in Christ, of peace and pardon by
his blood, of justification by his righteousness, of atonement by...
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Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O
LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Ver. 15. _Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound_]
_Iubilationem,_ the sound of...
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Psa. 89:15. There is the dreadful and there is the joyful sound. The
dreadful sound was at Mount Sinai. The joyful sound is from Mount
Sion. When the people heard the former they were far from beholdi...
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_Blessed are the people_, &c. Next to the praises of Jehovah, is
declared the happiness of those who have him for their God, who are
his worshippers and servants, living under his righteous and mercif...
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OF THE MESSIAH AND HIS KINGDOM.
Maschil, a didactic poem, of Ethan, the Ezrahite, a descendant of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31. He
belonged to a great family, or guild,...
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound, all men who receive
the Gospel-news of their salvation with a joyful sound of acceptance
are truly blessed; THEY SHALL WALK, O LORD, IN THE LIGHT OF T...
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15-18 Happy are those who so know the joyful sound of the gospel as
to obey it; who experience its power upon their hearts, and bring
forth the fruit of it in their lives. Though believers are nothin...
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The psalmist, intending to describe the doleful estate of the royal
family and kingdom of Israel, aggravates it by the consideration of
their former felicity. THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND, i.e. who enjo...
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Psalms 89:15 Blessed H835 people H5971 know H3045 (H8802) sound H8643
walk H1980 (H8762) LORD H3068 light...
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Psalms 89:15
The blessing is not in the sound, but in the soul. It is the soul that
knows the sound. Eloquence, that moves all hearts, is utterly
unimpressive if the soul, capable of thinking and feel...
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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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_Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound._
THE BLESSEDNESS OF KNOWING THE GOSPEL
I. The Gospel is a happy message. “The joyful sound.” It is good
news.
1. Liberty to the captive.
2. Pardo...
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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 89:15 God has given his people a special place
in his plan for the world. They are EXALTED, and God pledges his
STRENGTH on their behalf....
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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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Acts 2:28; Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 52:8; Job 29:3;...
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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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Know — Who enjoy the presence of God and his ordinances, to which
they are called by the sound of trumpets. Walk — Under the
comfortable influences of thy favour....