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Verse Psalms 89:7. _GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED_] In all religious
assemblies the deepest reverence for God should rest upon the people.
Where this does not prevail, there is no true worship. While so...
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GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED - There is that in him which is suited to
fill the mind with solemn feelings, and this is a proper state of mind
with which to come before him. Nature teaches us that God s...
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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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GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
ASSEMBLY. secret conclave....
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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 ever being celebrated in heaven. The
angelic beings, "who best can tell," as standing nearest to the throne
of God, and partaking most of His nature, know that there is n...
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For who in the sky can be compared unto Jehovah?
Who is like Jehovah among the sons of God,
A God greatly to be dreaded in the council of the holy ones,
And to be feared above all that are round ab...
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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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89:7 saints, (f-12) _ Kadosh_ , as ver. 18, 'Holy One,' ver. 20, 'holy
[oil],' and ver. 35, 'holiness.' for (i-15) Or 'above.'...
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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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ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS] RV 'council of the holy ones,' as in Psalms
89:5. HAD IN REVERENCE OF] RV 'feared above.'...
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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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It is better to take this verse in apposition with the foregoing:
“God sublime in the council of the holy ones,
And terrible among those surrounding him.”
For a picture of the court of heaven see Job...
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_[Psalms 89:8]_ אֵ֣ל נַ֭עֲרָץ בְּ סֹוד
־קְדֹשִׁ֣ים...
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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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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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To the same effect is the following verse, in which it is affirmed,
that _God is very terrible in the assembly of the saints. _In these
words is censured that devilish superstition, to which almost al...
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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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GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS,.... Which
Jarchi and Kimchi understand of angels again, and render it "God is to
be feared in the great assembly of them"; for they are a ver...
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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be
had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
Ver. 7. _God is greatly to be feared in the assembly, &c._] Heb.
Daunting terri...
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_Who among the sons of the mighty_ That is, of the most mighty princes
upon earth: or among the highest angels; who well may and needs must
admire and adore thee, because thou art incomparably and inf...
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God is greatly to be feared, very awesome, IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
SAINTS, in the midst of His congregation, AND TO BE HAD IN REVERENCE
OF ALL THEM THAT ARE ABOUT HIM, the very angels trembling with aw...
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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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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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GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED; with a fear of reverence; for dread and
terror have no place in those blessed mansions and holy spirits. IN
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS; to the whole society of angels, cal...
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Psalms 89:7 God H410 greatly H7227 feared H6206 (H8737) assembly H5475
saints H6918 reverence H3372 (H8737) around...
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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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_God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints._
A MODEL SOCIAL GATHERING
Men meet in vast multitudes for pleasure, for counsel, and for
worship. The text indicates a social gathering of...
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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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Acts 5:11; Hebrews 12:28; Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 6:2; Isaiah 66:2;...
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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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Feared — With a fear of reverence. Saints — The whole society of
angels. All that — That encompass his throne....