Verse Psalms 89:2. Mercy shall be built up for ever] God's goodness is the foundation on which his mercy rests; and from that source, and on that foundation, acts of mercy shall flow and be built up for ever and ever.
Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish] What thou hast promised to do to the children of men on earth, thou dost register in heaven, and thy promise shall never fail.
FOR I HAVE SAID - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this, “Thou hast said,” which is more in accordance with what the connection seems to demand; but the Hebrew will not admit of this constr...
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...
I HAVE SAID. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "Thou hast said". Compare Psalms 89:19. The words of Ethan, reminding Jehovah of His covenant with David. MERCY. Lovingkindness, or grace....
The Psalmist states his theme: the lovingkindness and faithfulness of Jehovah, which he is persuaded can never fail; and the promise of eternal dominion to the house of David....
_For I have said_ -I have deliberately come to this conclusion." Thus emphatically the poet introduces the motive for his song. He is persuaded that one stone after another will continue to be laid in...
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...
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. FOR I HAVE SAID, MERCY SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER - as a building ever progressing to...
89:2 Loving-kindness (b-4) Lit. 'loving-kindnesses,' 'mercies,' _ chesed_ , as ver. 49. The word is the same, but in the singular, in vers. 2,14,24,28,33. See Notes, Psalms 4:3 ; Psalms 43:1 ; Psalms...
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...
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 ...
MERCY... FAITHFULNESS. — These words, so often combined, express here, as commonly in the psalms, the attitude of the covenant God towards His people. The art of the poet is shown in this exordium. He...
_[Psalms 89:3]_ כִּֽי ־אָמַ֗רְתִּי עֹ֭ולָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה...
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...
For I have (b) said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou (c) establish in the very heavens. (b) As he who surely believed in heart. (c) As your invisible heaven is not subj...
Formed. Hebrew, "brought forth," Job xxxviii. 8. (Calmet) --- Here Origen improperly concluded the sentence. (St. Jerome, Ep. ad Cypr.) --- God, is not in Septuagint, Syriac, or ancient Latin psalters...
Nothing can be more beautiful or interesting than the transition which is here made from Ethan to Jehovah himself. The sacred writer had determined to make known God's mercies; but in so doing, the Lo...
2_For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever. _He assigns the reason why he perseveres in singing the Divine praises in the midst of adversities; which is, that he does not despair of the manif...
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...
FOR I HAVE SAID,.... That is, in his heart he had said, he had thought of it, was assured of it, strongly concluded it, from the Spirit and word of God; he believed it, and therefore he spoke it; havi...
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. Ver. 2. _For I have said_] I believed, therefore have I spoken it; I dare say it shall be...
_I will sing of the mercies of the Lord_ He speaks this by way of preface, lest the following complaints of present miseries should argue ingratitude for former mercies. _I will make known thy faithfu...
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,...
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever, firmly founded and erected in a structure which would never be overthrown; THY FAITHFULNESS SHALT THOU ESTABLISH IN THE VERY HEAVENS, never to be move...
1-4 Though our expectations may be disappointed, yet God's promises are established in the heavens, in his eternal counsels; they are out of the reach of opposers in hell and earth. And faith in the b...
I HAVE SAID within myself. I have been assured in my own mind. MERCY SHALL BE BUILT UP FOR EVER: as thou hast laid a sure foundation of mercy to David's family, by that everlasting covenant which thou...
Psalms 89:2 said H559 (H8804) Mercy H2617 up H1129 (H8735) forever H5769 faithfulness H530 establish H3559 ...
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...
_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...
_For I have said, Mercy shall be built up far ever._ THE BUILDING UP OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR THE WORLD I. A good government for the world is a desirable thing. Human society would scarcely be possi...
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...
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...
Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 6:18; Luke 1:50; Matthew 24:35;...
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...
Establish — As firmly and durably as the heavens themselves....