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Verse Psalms 89:46. _HOW LONG, LORD?_] The promise cannot utterly
fail. When then, O Lord, wilt thou restore the kingdom to Israel?...
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HOW LONG, LORD? - How long is this to continue? Can it be that this is
to continue always? Is there to be no change for the better? Are the
promises which have been made, never to be fulfilled? Compar...
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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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SHALL. Supply Ellipsis from preceding line: "[How long] shall", &c....
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How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
(How long) shall thy wrath burn like fire?
A repetition of Psalms 79:5, with slight variations....
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The Psalmist appeals to God to withdraw His wrath and remove this
contradiction, pleading the shortness of life and the taunts of God's
enemies as grounds for a speedy answer....
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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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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn
like fire?
-The suppliant here turns from lamentation to prayer, that the Lord
would remove the present prostration of David's...
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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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SHALL] RV 'how long shall.'...
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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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HOW LONG. — With this persistent cry of the Maccabæan age (see
Psalms 74:10), the poet shows that faith is not extinct, though it has
a sore struggle with despair....
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_[Psalms 89:47]_ עַד ־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּסָּתֵ֣ר
לָ...
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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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“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...
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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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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...
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46._How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? _After
having poured forth his complaints respecting the sad and calamitous
condition of the Church, the Psalmist now turns himself to prayer....
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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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HOW LONG, LORD, WILT THOU HIDE THYSELF? FOR EVER?.... When God hides
his face front his people, though it is but for a little while, it
seems long, and a kind of an eternity to them; and so it seemed...
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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn
like fire?
Ver. 46. _How long, Lord? &c._] Here faith prevaileth against flesh,
and falleth a praying, and at length a praising G...
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LAMENT AND COMFORT...
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How long, Lord? Wilt Thou hide Thyself forever? Shall Thy wrath burn
like fire? Note that these words are practically a parallel to the
Messiah's unexampled cry of distress and desolation, Psalms 22:2...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 89:46 LORD H3068 hide H5641 (H8735) forever H5331 wrath H2534
burn H1197 (H8799) fire H784
Ho
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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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_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 89:46 There is great comfort in the promise of
an enduring Davidic house. The people can be confident that their
present low condition is not the end of their story. The appeal is...
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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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2 Thessalonians 1:8; Hebrews 12:29; Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 45:15; Isa