Psalms 89:19

19. Then thou spakest Either read, Then, at that time, thou spakest, which connects with Psalms 89:3-4; or, Once, of old, “thou spakest.”

I have laid help I have delegated power, commissioned.

Mighty A strong man, a warrior. See 2 Samuel 17:10.

Chosen… of the people Literally, A young man, one full of vigour one fit for war. Psalms 78:31. These are designations of the kingly qualities of David, at once a mighty man and a youth, (1 Samuel 16:11-12;) but there is also a foregleam of Christ as the prototype. From Psalms 89:19-37 the covenant of God with David (2 Samuel 7:0) is particularly rehearsed as the ground of the nation’s hope, now in their extremity.