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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 89:17

Glory. — Better, ornament. The crown of a nation’s strength is not the triumphs it wins, nor the prosperity it secures, but the spirit in which these are used. Humility, and not pride, acknowledgment of God, and not conceit in her wealth or power, was the ornament of Israel’s strength, and made her greatness in her best days.

Our horn shall be exalted. — See Note, Psalms 132:17. Modern Eastern proverbs, such as “What a fine horn he has!” spoken of a great man, still preserve the figure.

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See also Psalms 89:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 89:17. _FOR THOU_ ART _THE GLORY OF THEIR STRENGTH_] They are strong in faith, and give glory to thee, because they know that their strength cometh from the Lord of hosts. _AND IN THY F...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOU ART THE GLORY OF THEIR STRENGTH - The ornament; the beauty; the honor; that is, Their strength derives its beauty and honor, not from anything in themselves, but from the fact that it is deri...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GLORY. beauty. HORN. Many codices, with four early printed editions, read "horns" (plural); but seven early printed editions read sing,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah alone is the strength of which they boast. Cp. Psalms 44:6 ff. _in thy favour_ Cp. Psalms 44:3; Psalms 30:7. _our horn shall be exalted_ So the _Qrç_, with the LXX and Syr. The _Kthîbh_, with...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OUR HORN] see Psalms 75:4; Psalms 75:10....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 89:18]_ כִּֽי ־תִפְאֶ֣רֶת עֻזָּ֣מֹו אָ֑תָּה וּ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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.,_...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For thou [art] the (o) glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. (o) In that they are preserved and continue, they should give the praise and glory to you alone....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Yea, the work. Each in particular. Roman Septuagint, &c., omit this sentence, which Houbigant improperly deems useless. (Berthier) --- Charity must direct all. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These verses come in, as assigning the great cause of all the blessedness described in the foregoing verses. It is all centered in the person, and founded on the complete work, of the glorious Head of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._For thou art the glory of their strength. _The same sentiment is confirmed when it is declared, that God never leaves his faithful servants destitute of strength. By the appellation _the glory of...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOU ART THE GLORY OF THEIR STRENGTH,.... By which they walk, and do all they do, exercise every grace, and discharge their duty; they have their strength from Christ, as well as their righteousne...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. Ver. 17. _For thou art the glory of their strength_] And hence it is that they are filled top full with comfor...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In thy name shall they rejoice all the day_ That is, in the knowledge and remembrance of thy name, or of thy infinite power and goodness, revealed and imparted to them; _and in thy righteousness_ Whe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For Thou art the glory of their strength, that alone being the basis of their boasting before men, 2 Corinthians 12:9; AND IN THY FAVOR, by the good pleasure of Jehovah shown them in the Messiah, OUR...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    All that strength in which they do or may glory is not their own, but is a mere vouchsafement of thy grace, and to thee alone belongs the glory of all their valiant achievements. OUR HORN SHALL BE EXA...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 89:17 glory H8597 strength H5797 favor H7522 horn H7161 exalted H7311 (H8799) (H8675) H7311 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Samuel 2:1; 1 Samuel 2:10;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The glory — To thee alone belongs the glory of all their valiant achievements....

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