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Verse Psalms 89:12. _THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH_] It is generally
supposed that by these _four_ terms all the four quarters of the globe
are intended. _Tabor_, a mountain of Galilee, was on the _west_ of...
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THOU HAST CREATED THEM - All that there is in
the north and in the south - in the northern and the southern sky -
the constellations and the stars; and all that there is in th...
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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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TABOR AND HERMON. West and east of the Holy Land; and, with north and
south, completing the four points of the compass....
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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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Jehovah's incomparableness is manifested in nature and in history....
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_The north and the south_ The furthest extremities of the world. Cp.
Job 26:7.
_Tabor and Hermon_ These mountains are named, not so much to represent
the West and East of the land, as because they are...
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TABOR AND HERMON— These two famous mountains of Judea, the first on
the west, and the second on the east of it, are here put for the
eastern and western quarters of the world. _Shall rejoice in thy
na...
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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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TABOR AND HERMON] the most prominent mountains of Palestine....
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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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(8-13) Not only is God incomparable in heaven, He is also the only
mighty and lofty one in nature or history....
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TABOR AND HERMON. — Introduced not only as standing roughly for west
and east, but for their prominence and importance in the landscape.
(Comp. Hosea 5:1.)
SHALL REJOICE. — Better, _sing for joy.
_...
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_[Psalms 89:13]_ צָפֹ֣ון וְ֭ יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה
בְרָאתָ֑ם...
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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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_Thy right hand. Your Messias, to liberate and instruct us. (St.
Augustine) --- "Make us know how to number our days thus, and we shall
come to thee with a wise heart." (St. Jerome) (Ecclesiasticus vi...
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These verses contain a blessed hymn of praise. Jehovah's name, and his
perfections, are gratefully celebrated. His sovereignty, grace, power,
love, and goodness, are beautifully set forth, and most th...
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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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Ver. 12 THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THOU HAST CREATED THEM,.... The two
extreme parts of the world, the northern and southern poles, whether
inhabited or uninhabited, are created by the Lord, to answer s...
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The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall
rejoice in thy name.
Ver. 12. _Tabor and Hermon_] That is, the west and east of Judaea, but
put here for the west and east of th...
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_The earth also is thine, and the fulness thereof_ All the creatures
wherewith it is replenished, as Psalms 24:1; Psalms 50:12. _Thou hast
founded them_ They are all thy creatures, and of consequence...
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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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The north and the south, the entire expanse of the earth, THOU HAST
CREATED THEM; TABOR, on the west side of Jordan, between the Sea of
Galilee and the plain of Jezreel, AND HERMON, in the extreme
nor...
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5-14 The more God's works are known, the more they are admired. And
to praise the Lord, is to acknowledge him to be such a one that there
is none like him. Surely then we should feel and express reve...
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH; the northern and southern parts of the world,
yea, even the remotest ends thereof; though not yet known to us, were
made and are ruled by thee. Or possibly he may understand t...
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Psalms 89:12 north H6828 south H3225 created H1254 (H8804) Tabor H8396
Hermon H2768 rejoice H7442 (H8762) name...
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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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Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 3:9; Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah
49:1
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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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Tabor — The several parts of the land of Canaan, both within Jordan,
where mount Tabor is; and without it, where Hermon lies. Rejoice —
Shall be fruitful and prosperous, and so give their inhabitants...