Psalm 89:30-37 NKJV,NLT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:31

If they break my statutes - Margin, “profane.” The Hebrew word means to pollute or defile; and the idea is, If they practically contemn them; if they regard them as things of nought, or treat them with disdain as a polluted or defiled thing. It is in this way that the mass of mankind do regard the commands of God. They treat them with no respect; they practically class them among objects that are polluted, and that are to be avoided as defiled and defiling.And keep not my commandments - If they... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod - They shall be punished, though my mercy shall not be wholly taken from them. God has two objects in his dealings with his backsliding and offending people;(a) one is to show his displeasure at their conduct, or to punish them;(b) the other is to reclaim them.All who have been truly converted, or who are truly his people, will be recovered though they fall into sin; but it may be done, and will be likely to be done, in such a way as to show... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:33

Nevertheless my loving-kindness - My mercy; my favor. I will not utterly cast him off. He shall not be in the condition of those who are my enemies, or who are entirely forsaken.Will I not utterly take from him - Margin, “I will not make void from.” The Hebrew word - פרר pârar - means to break, to break in pieces; then, to violate, as a covenant; then, to make vain, to bring to nought, to frustrate; then, to annul, to abolish. The idea here is that of making entirely vain; wholly removing... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:34

My covenant will I not break - literally, I will not pollute, defile, profane. See the notes at Psalms 89:31, where the same word is used. God says that he will not do in regard to the covenant as they had done.Nor alter the thing ... - The promise which I have made. I will not make it a different thing. I will not modify its conditions, or withdraw it. It shall stand precisely as it was when I uttered it. What God promises will be exactly performed. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness - That is, once for all; - a single oath - an oath once taken by me - makes it certain. To swear by his “holiness” is to pledge his own holy nature; to make it as certain as that he is holy; to stake the whole question of his holiness on that. That is, If this should not be accomplished - if he should fail in this - it would prove that he was not a holy God.That I will not lie unto David - Margin, as in Hebrew, “if I lie.” The meaning is, He would be found... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:36

His seed shall endure forever ... - His posterity. See the notes at Psalms 89:29. There, the expression is, “his throne as the days of heaven.” Here it is, “his throne as the sun before me.” The meaning is the same. It would stand through all time. Compare the notes at Psalms 72:5. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:37

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 and perpetuity. Compare the notes at Psalms 72:7.And as a faithful witness in heaven - As the witness in heaven, or in the sky, is sure. The reference is to the moon, regarded as a witness for God. What is said here of the moon as an index of his faithfulness, might be said also of the sun and the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:28-34

Psalms 89:28-34. My mercy Declared and promised to him and his seed, as it here follows; will I keep for him for evermore Nothing shall alter my kind intentions, but I will mercifully fulfil all my promises to him; and my covenant shall stand fast, &c. Of which see notes on 2 Samuel 7:12-13. His seed will I make to endure for ever That is, to sit upon the throne for ever, as the next words explain it. This was accomplished only in Christ, the eternal king of the church and of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:35

Psalms 89:35. Once have I sworn by my holiness, &c. Here he assigns some reasons why he would not break his covenant with David, though he should have just cause so to do, and though he had, upon such just cause, broken his covenant made with others; 1st, Because this covenant was confirmed by his oath, which added, not only more solemnity, but more stability and certainty to it, according to the apostle’s reasoning, Hebrews 6:13-18, whereby he shows that God added an oath to his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:36-37

Psalms 89:36-37. 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 eclipses, and frequent and manifold changes, yet doth constantly and perpetually remain in heaven, as a witness of my covenant of the night, as it is called Jeremiah 33:20, so shall the house and kingdom of David continue for ever. And as a faithful witness in heaven By which may be... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 89:37

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:28-34

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 89:36-37

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