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I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY CHOSEN - With my chosen one; that is,
with David. The original is in the singular number, though by the
Septuagint, and the Vulgate, and by Luther, it is rendered in the...
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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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MADE. solemnized.
COVENANT. See 2 Samuel 7, where Jehovah, being the only party, the
covenant is _unconditional,_ and. a "promise" among "the sure mercies
of David", &c. But it looks beyond David.
SW...
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The Psalmist states his theme: the lovingkindness and faithfulness of
Jehovah, which he is persuaded can never fail; and the promise of
eternal dominion to the house of David....
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These verses contain the sum of the promise to David and his seed (2
Samuel 7:5 ff.) which is expanded in Psalms 89:19 ff. It is in
relation to this promise in particular that the poet intends to sing...
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I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY CHOSEN— Mudge reads this and the
following verse in a parenthesis, and supposes the sense of the 2nd to
be continued to the 5th. _Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish i...
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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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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY CHOSEN, I HAVE SWORN UNTO DAVID, MY
SERVANT, THY SEED WILL I ESTABLISH FOR EVER. The ground...
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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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I HAVE SWORN. — The prophetic passage (2 Samuel 7:12, _seq._) is in
the poet’s mind....
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_[Psalms 89:4]_ כָּרַ֣תִּֽי בְ֭רִית לִ
בְחִירִ֑י נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי...
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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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(d) I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
(d) The prophet shows what the promise of God was, on which he
grounded his faith....
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_Turn not man away, &c. Suffer him not quite to perish from thee,
since thou art pleased to call upon him to be converted to thee.
(Challoner) --- God wills not the death of the sinner. (Worthington)...
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Nothing can be more beautiful or interesting than the transition which
is here made from Ethan to Jehovah himself. The sacred writer had
determined to make known God's mercies; but in so doing, the Lo...
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3_I have made a covenant with my chosen. _(524) The more effectually
to confirm himself and all the godly in the faith of the Divine
promise, he introduces God himself as speaking and sanctioning, by...
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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 HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY CHOSEN,.... Not with Abraham, as the
Targum expresses it: but with David, as in the following clause; not
David, literally understood, though he was chosen of the Lord t...
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
Ver. 3. _I have made a covenant with my chosen_] _i.e._ With Christ
(who is God's elect one, Isa 42:1), and in him with all...
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_I have made a covenant with my chosen_ With David, whom I have chosen
to the kingdom. _Thy seed will I establish for ever_, &c. I will
perpetuate the kingdom to thy posterity; which was promised upon...
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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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I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David, My
servant, the Lord Himself assuring Him with a solemn oath,...
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1-4 Though our expectations may be disappointed, yet God's promises
are established in the heavens, in his eternal counsels; they are out
of the reach of opposers in hell and earth. And faith in the b...
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WITH MY CHOSEN; with David, whom I have chosen to the kingdom....
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Psalms 89:3 made H3772 (H8804) covenant H1285 chosen H972 sworn H7650
(H8738) servant H5650 David H1732...
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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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_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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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 8:16; 2 Samuel 23:5; 2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 7:10; Acts 2:30;...
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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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Chosen — With David; whom I have chosen to the kingdom....