Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 89:14
Justice. Righteousness.
habitation. foundation.
face. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Justice. Righteousness.
habitation. foundation.
face. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Verse Psalms 89:14. _JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT_ ARE _THE HABITATION OF THY THRONE_] The throne - the government, of God, is founded in _righteousness_ and _judgment_. He knows what is right; he sees what i...
JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT ARE THE HABITATION OF THE THRONE - Margin, “establishment.” The Hebrew word - מכון _mâkôn_ - means properly a place where one stands; then, a foundation or basis. The idea here...
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...
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...
Jehovah's incomparableness is manifested in nature and in history....
Righteousness and judgement are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth attend thy presence. The first line recurs in Psalms 97:2. Cp. too Psalms 33:5. _Righteousness_, or the princip...
ARE THE HABITATION OF THY THRONE— Or, _the preparation._ God's throne is here elegantly represented as prepared by _justice_ and _equity,_ by _mercy_ and _fidelity._ By these all his judicatures are m...
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...
JUSTICE] RV 'righteousness.' HABITATION] RV 'foundation.'...
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 ...
HABITATION. — Rather, _foundation,_ or _pillars._ Righteousness and judgment support God’s throne, and mercy and truth (“those genii of sacred history”) precede (_present_ tense, not _future_) Him as...
_[Psalms 89:15]_ צֶ֣דֶק וּ֭ מִשְׁפָּט מְכֹ֣ון כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ...
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...
(l) Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. (l) For by this he judges the world and shows himself to be a merciful father and faithful prote...
_We are. Hebrew, "Fill us." (Montanus) --- But the psalmist feels interiorly, that his petition has been granted. (Berthier) --- The prospect of a glorious immortality fills us with hope in proportion...
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...
14._Righteousness and judgement are the place of thy throne. _These encomiums serve more effectually to confirm the hope of true believers than if the Divine power alone had been presented to our view...
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...
JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT ARE THE HABITATION OF THY THRONE,.... The seat and throne on which he sits; all the administrations of his kingly power in the government of the world, in the salvation of his peo...
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Ver. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation (or basis) of thy throne] These are the supporters...
_Thou hast a mighty arm_, &c. Thy power, extending itself throughout the whole, always effects, in every place, whatsoever thou designest, and that with an irresistible force; whether it be to punish...
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,...
Justice, that is, righteousness, AND JUDGMENT ARE THE HABITATION OF THY THRONE, the attributes upon which His kingdom is established; MERCY AND TRUTH SHALL GO BEFORE THY FACE. The work of the redempti...
HABITATION: Or, establishment...
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...
JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT, i.e. just judgment, or justice in judging, as JEREMIAH 9:24, JEREMIAH 22:3. A common figure, called _hendiaduo_. _The habitation_; or, _the basis_ or _foundation_, as this word i...
Psalms 89:14 Righteousness H6664 justice H4941 foundation H4349 throne H3678 Mercy H2617 truth H571 go H6923 (H8762)
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy throne._ THE THRONE OF GRACE I. A view of the throne. 1. What it is, and why so called. It is God manifesting Himself in our own nature, and dealing w...
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 89:13 The pairing of God’s HAND and his RIGHT HAND refers to his power for the sake of his own people (see Psal
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...
Deuteronomy 32:4; John 1:17; Proverbs 16:12; Psalms 145:17; Psalms 4
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...
Justice and judgment — Justice in judging....