Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 89:25
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the (x) rivers.
(x) He will enjoy the land around him.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the (x) rivers.
(x) He will enjoy the land around him.
Verse Psalms 89:25. _I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA_] This was literally fulfilled in David. _Hand_ signifies power or authority; he set his hand on the sea in _conquering_ the Philistines, and...
I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA ... - His dominion shall extend from the sea on the one hand to the rivers on the other. The sea here evidently refers to the Mediterranean; and the rivers to the g...
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 mention of the king in Psalms 89:18 naturally leads up to the covenant with David which was briefly alluded to in Psalms 89:3. The Psalmist now recites the promise in detail in a poetical expansio...
_in the sea … in the rivers_ R.V., on the sea … on the rivers; i.e. I will extend his dominion to the Mediterranean on the west, and to the Euphrates on the north-east, the boundaries of the land acco...
I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA, &C.— i.e. "His empire shall extend from the Mediterranean sea to the rivers Euphrates and Tigris." See 2 Samuel 8:1 and Psalms 72:8....
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...
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. -Development of the original promise to David, alread...
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...
IN.. IN] RV 'on.. on': see on Psalms 80:11....
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 ...
IN THE SEA. — A reference, as in Psalms 72:8; Psalms 80:11, to the limits of the Solomonic kingdom, the Mediterranean and the Euphrates. For the figure we may compare a saying attributed by Curtius to...
_[Psalms 89:26]_ וְ שַׂמְתִּ֣י בַ † יָּ֣ם...
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.,_...
THE COVENANT WITH DAVID Psalms 89:19 In this section the psalmist draws put, in detail, the fundamental prophecy by Nathan already mentioned; first, in the promises given to David, Psalms 89:19; and...
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...
Nothing, I venture to believe, hath tended more to obscure the glories of the Lord Jesus, and to hide from the view of an ordinary reader the many blessed things which the book of Psalms is continuall...
25._And I will set his hand in the sea. _The vast extent of the kingdom is here adverted to. As the people by their wickedness had, as it were, blocked up the way, and intercepted the blessing of God,...
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...
I WILL SET HIS HAND ALSO IN THE SEA,.... Which is expressive not of his dominion over the sea, and of his power and authority over all things in it, which: he has by right of creation, and as Mediator...
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. Ver. 25. _I will set his hand also in the sea_] He shall be a vice-god, Dan 12:7 Revelation 10:1. Herodotus saith that the Aegin...
_My faithfulness and mercy shall be with him Faithfulness_ in making good all my promises to him; and _mercy_ in doing more for him than I promised, and in pardoning his sins, for which I might justly...
THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
I will set His hand also in the sea, in the almighty power of the Deity communicated to His human nature, AND HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE RIVERS, imparting to Him the unlimited authority of divine power. Je...
19-37 The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King Priest, and Prophet, anointed with the Holy Ghost without...
I WILL SET HIS HAND, i.e. establish his power and dominion. IN THE SEA; the midland sea. THE RIVERS, to wit, Euphrates, called rivers in the plural number, as Nilus also is, ISAIAH 18:1 EZEKIEL 29:3,4...
Psalms 89:25 set H7760 (H8804) hand H3027 sea H3220 hand H3225 rivers H5104 I will - Psalms 2:8
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 set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers._ THE MEDIATORIAL GLORY AND DOMINION OF JESUS CHRIST UNDER THE GOSPEL-DISPENSATION I. The means and the agency by which the kin...
_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 89:19 The mention of the king’s role in Israel (v. Psalms 89:18) leads to the story of how David and his heirs came to be the royal family ...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:24 STEADFAST LOVE. See v. Psalms 89:33; 2 Samuel 7:15
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...
1 Kings 4:21; Psalms 2:8; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 80:11; Revelation 11:15
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...
Set — Establish his power and dominion. The sea — The mid — land sea. The rivers — Euphrates, called rivers, in regard of divers branches of it, and rivers which flow into it. So here is a description...