Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 89:15
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 89:15. _BLESSED_ IS _THE PEOPLE_] "O the blessednesses of that people (אשרי העם _ashrey haam_) that know the joyful sound;" that are spared to hear the sound of the trumpet on the mornin...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE JOYFUL SOUND] perhaps the sound of trumpets on the occasion of Israel's national and religious rejoicing....
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 ...
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...
_[Psalms 89:16]_ אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭ עָם יֹודְעֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה...
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.,_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Psalms 89:15 Blessed H835 people H5971 know H3045 (H8802) sound H8643 walk H1980 (H8762) LORD H3068 light...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Acts 2:28; Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 52:8; Job 29:3;...
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...