Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful (c) witness in heaven. Selah.
(c) As long as the Sun and Moon endure, they will be witnesses to me of this promise.
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful (c) witness in heaven. Selah.
(c) As long as the Sun and Moon endure, they will be witnesses to me of this promise.
Verse Psalms 89:37. _AS THE MOON, AND_ AS _A FAITHFUL WITNESS IN HEAVEN._] That is, as long as the sun and moon shall endure, as long as _time_ shall last, his kingdom shall last among men. The moon...
IT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER AS THE MOON - As long as the moon shall endure. The heavenly bodies are the most permanent objects that we know of; and they, therefore, became the emblems of stability...
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...
A FAITHFUL WITNESS: i.e. the sun (Compare Psalms 89:36). See note on "testimony" (Psalms 19:7). Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14. Sela
The irreversible nature of a promise confirmed by God's oath....
Construction and meaning are doubtful. (1) The original passage in 2 Samuel 7:16 is in favour of making _his throne_the subject to _shall be established_, and against the marginal alternatives of R.V....
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...
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...
89:37 firm. (e-17) Or 'steadfast.'...
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...
AND _as_ THE FAITHFUL WITNESS, etc.] The meaning is uncertain. The 'faithful witness' may be the moon, or we may read, 'and the witness in the sky (God) is faithful.'...
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 ...
AND AS A FAITHFUL WITNESS IN HEAVEN. — Rather, _and there is a faithful witness in heaven,_ which the parallelism shows to be the _moon,_ just mentioned. The moon (see Psalms 81:3) was to the Jews — a...
_[Psalms 89:38]_ כְּ֭ יָרֵחַ יִכֹּ֣ון עֹולָ֑ם וְ...
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...
What a blessed nevertheless this is, (verse 33) and how sweetly doth it come in here, to give relief to a poor sin-beaten, tempted, and fallen soul! Though poor and wretched, and wanderers from the Lo...
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...
IT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVER AS THE MOON,.... Either Christ's seed, or throne, which comes to much the same sense; for by both are meant his church and people, his kingdom and interest in the worl...
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. Ver. 37. _It shall be established for ever as the moon_] If his sons be good they shall shine as the sun in...
_His throne as the sun before me_ In respect of perpetual duration, as appears, both from the foregoing and following words. _It shall be established as the moon_ As the moon, though subject to eclips...
It shall be established forever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven, for steadfast testimony. SELAH. This is a glorious assurance of the unchangeable nature of God's covenant with men, tha...
THE RULE OF THE MESSIAH...
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...
Whereby he understands, either, first, The moon, last mentioned, to which this clause may be added rather than to the sun, to imply that as the moon, though subject to eclipses and frequent and manifo...
Psalms 89:37 established H3559 (H8735) forever H5769 moon H3394 faithful H539 (H8737) witness H5707 sky H7834 Selah
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...
_It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven._ THE CHARACTER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST UPON EARTH AS SYMBOLIZED BY THE MOON IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM In the history of t...
_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 ...
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...
Genesis 1:14; Genesis 9:13; Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 54:9; Jeremiah 31:3
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...
A witness — The rainbow, which is God's faithful witness, a token of God's everlasting covenant between God and every living creature for perpetual generations, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16....