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Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 89:1-52

Psalms 89:15 In these words David speaks of the blessedness of the people that know the joyful sound. Although year by year the sound of the trumpet brightened the hearts of God's chosen people, yet there was one year in which that sound brought them exceeding joy. It was the year of jubilee when on the day of atonement, when all the solemn services of that day were over, there was brought to the suffering and to the poor great joy. At the sound of that trumpet every slave was set free. Yet the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:1-52

Psalms 89:1-52THE foundation of this psalm is the promise in 2 Samuel 7:1-29 which guaranteed the perpetuity of the Davidic kingdom. Many of the characteristic phrases of the prophecy recur here-e.g., the promises that the children of wickedness shall not afflict, and that the transgressions of David’s descendants should be followed by chastisement only, not by rejection. The contents of Nathan’s oracle are first given in brief in Psalms 89:3-4 -" like a text," as Hupfeld says-and again in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 89:1-52

Psalms 89:0 God’s Faithfulness: His Oath-bound Covenant with David 1. Jehovah’s faithfulness (Psalms 89:1-18 ) 2. His covenant with David (Psalms 89:19-37 ) 3. The ruin and desolation (Psalms 89:38-45 ) 4. How long, Lord? Remember! (Psalms 89:46-52 ) A Maschil of Ethan, a Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:44 ; 1 Chronicles 15:17 ). The greater part of this Psalm extols Jehovah’s lovingkindness and faithfulness and makes prominent the covenant with David. We must of course look beyond David and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 89:2

89:2 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 subject to any alteration and change: so shall the truth of your promise be unchangeable. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:1-52

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 89:2-4

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 Lord himself is introduced as proclaiming them. Reader, pause, and recollect, who the speaker is in these verses; and then attend to the most blessed and gracious declarations contained in them. Mark what the Lord God saith: Mercy shall be built up forever. And how? In Christ: for He is the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:2

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. (Calmet) --- Al signifies both God, and not, and seems to be twice explained in the Vulgate, as Hebrew omits not, ver. 3. (Haydock) --- The sentence would be very striking, if God were left out, as it is done by Houbigant. The eternity of matter is refuted by this text. (Berthier)... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:1-4

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 boundless mercy and everlasting truth of God, may bring comfort even in the deepest trials. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 89:1-18

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, of singers, some of whom, at least, seem to have been trained in the schools of prophets. The psalm clearly substantiates the Messianic character of 2 Samuel 7:12-Joel :. The Promise Made to David v. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, the poet immediately launching forth into... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 89:1-52

Psalms 89:0Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite2 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever:With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.3 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.4 I have made a covenant with my chosen,I have sworn unto David my servant,5 Thy seed will I establish for ever,And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.6 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders,... read more