{"id":6848,"date":"2022-04-09T08:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=6848"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:41:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T01:41:03","slug":"psalm-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=6848","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 89"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 <\/span>I will sing of the mercies of the Lord<\/span> forever;<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nWith my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>For I have said, \u201cMercy shall be built up forever;<\/span><\/em>
\nYour faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI have made a covenant with My chosen,<\/span><\/em>
\nI have sworn to My servant David:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4 <\/sup>\u2018Your seed I will establish forever,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd build up your throne to all generations.\u2019 \u201d Selah<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/em>
\nYour faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 <\/sup>For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord<\/span>?<\/span><\/em>
\nWho among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord<\/span>?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7 <\/sup>God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd to be held in reverence by all those around Him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8 <\/sup>O Lord<\/span> God of hosts,<\/span><\/em>
\nWho is mighty like You, O Lord<\/span>?<\/span><\/em>
\nYour faithfulness also surrounds You.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9 <\/sup>You rule the raging of the sea;<\/span><\/em>
\nWhen its waves rise, You still them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10 <\/sup>You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11\u00a0<\/sup>The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;<\/span><\/em>
\nThe world and all its fullness, You have founded them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12 <\/sup>The north and the south, You have created them;<\/span><\/em>
\nTabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13 <\/sup>You have a mighty arm;<\/span><\/em>
\nStrong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14 <\/sup>Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;<\/span><\/em>
\nMercy and truth go before Your face.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15 <\/sup>Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!<\/span><\/em>
\nThey walk, O Lord<\/span>, in the light of Your countenance.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16 <\/sup>In Your name they rejoice all day long,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd in Your righteousness they are exalted.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

17 <\/sup>For You are the glory of their strength,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd in Your favor our horn is exalted.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18 <\/sup>For our shield belongs to the Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd our king to the Holy One of Israel.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

19\u00a0<\/sup>Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd said: \u201cI have given help to one who is mighty;<\/span><\/em>
\nI have exalted one chosen from the people.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 <\/sup>I have found My servant David;<\/span><\/em>
\nWith My holy oil I have anointed him,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21 <\/sup>With whom My hand shall be established;<\/span><\/em>
\nAlso My arm shall strengthen him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

22 <\/sup>The enemy shall not outwit him,<\/span><\/em>
\nNor the son of wickedness afflict him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

23 <\/sup>I will beat down his foes before his face,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd plague those who hate him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

24\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBut My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd in My name his horn shall be exalted.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

25 <\/sup>Also I will set his hand over the sea,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd his right hand over the rivers.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

26 <\/sup>He shall cry to Me, \u2018You are my Father,<\/span><\/em>
\nMy God, and the rock of my salvation.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

27 <\/sup>Also I will make him My firstborn,<\/span><\/em>
\nThe highest of the kings of the earth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

28 <\/sup>My mercy I will keep for him forever,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd My covenant shall stand firm with him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

29 <\/sup>His seed also I will make to endure forever,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd his throne as the days of heaven.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

30\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf his sons forsake My law<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd do not walk in My judgments,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

31 <\/sup>If they break My statutes<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd do not keep My commandments,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

32 <\/sup>Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd their iniquity with stripes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

33 <\/sup>Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,<\/span><\/em>
\nNor allow My faithfulness to fail.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

34 <\/sup>My covenant I will not break,<\/span><\/em>
\nNor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

35 <\/sup>Once I have sworn by My holiness;<\/span><\/em>
\nI will not lie to David:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

36 <\/sup>His seed shall endure forever,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd his throne as the sun before Me;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

37 <\/sup>It shall be established forever like the moon,<\/span><\/em>
\nEven like the faithful witness in the sky.\u201d Selah<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

38\u00a0<\/sup>But You have cast off and abhorred,<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have been furious with Your anointed.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

39 <\/sup>You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

40 <\/sup>You have broken down all his hedges;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have brought his strongholds to ruin.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

41 <\/sup>All who pass by the way plunder him;<\/span><\/em>
\nHe is a reproach to his neighbors.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

42 <\/sup>You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have made all his enemies rejoice.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

43 <\/sup>You have also turned back the edge of his sword,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd have not sustained him in the battle.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

44 <\/sup>You have made his glory cease,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd cast his throne down to the ground.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

45 <\/sup>The days of his youth You have shortened;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou have covered him with shame. Selah<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

46\u00a0<\/sup>How long, Lord<\/span>?<\/span><\/em>
\nWill You hide Yourself forever?<\/span><\/em>
\nWill Your wrath burn like fire?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

47 <\/sup>Remember how short my time is;<\/span><\/em>
\nFor what futility have You created all the children of men?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

48 <\/sup>What man can live and not see death?<\/span><\/em>
\nCan he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

49\u00a0<\/sup>Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,<\/span><\/em>
\nWhich You swore to David in Your truth?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

50 <\/sup>Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants\u2014<\/span><\/em>
\nHow I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

51 <\/sup>With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nWith which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
\n

52\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed be the Lord<\/span> forevermore!<\/span><\/em>
\nAmen and Amen.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

In the first part, which is a song of praise, the singer tells of the covenant made with David and then breaks out into adoration. The heavens and the angels witness to His greatness (vs. 5-7). The earth and men also. All nature, the sea and the mountains, the north and the south, are conscious of His power. In His government the foundations are unshakable, and the method full of tenderness (vs. 8-14).<\/span><\/h3>\n

It follows naturally that the people who are peculiarly His own are blessed (vs. 15-18). This is not theory only; it is experience. For them Jehovah had found a king, and had made him and the people under him invincible in the days of their obedience. Such facts issue in confidence that the future must be one of victory and blessing. <\/span><\/h3>\n

“But,” and the word suggests a change, and a great change it is. instead of the glowing picture of the former verses is a dark one of present experience. The people are scattered, their defenses broken down, their enemies triumphant, and their king is robbed of glory, and covered with shame (vs. 38-45).<\/span><\/h3>\n

Yet most carefully\u00a0 notice that all this is spoken of as the work of Jehovah. The key phrase to this portion is “Thou hast.” The mighty One Who had found the king and blessed the nation is the One Who has broken the nation and cast out the king. Upon the basis of that conviction the final prayer rises, “How long, Jehovah.” \u2014 Morgan, page 166.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ethan (intro) \u2014 on of the “first rank” Levitical singers appointed during the time of David\u2014mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:17-19.<\/h3>\n

God’s covenant with David (2 Samuel 7:8-17) is the topic of this psalm. The unconditionality and inevitable fulfillment of this covenant, as grounded in God’s “lovingkindness” and “faithfulness,” is underscored by the seven-fold repetition (seven signifying perfection\/completion) of each of these words. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 216-217.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I have made (v.3) \u2014 the covenant depended on God alone, making it unconditional<\/h3>\n

seed (v.4) \u2014 Christ (Acts 13:22-23)<\/h3>\n

Rahab (v.10) \u2014 Egypt, as in Psalm 87:4.<\/h3>\n

Tabor and Hermon (v.12) \u2014 mountains in Israel<\/h3>\n

Because of the manner in which God established His covenant with David, there can be no doubt (vs.15-29) that He will keep it for him forever. … Even for those who forsake God’s law (v.30), He will hold true to His covenant, and chastise rather than reject them. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 217-218.<\/span><\/h3>\n

horn (v.17) \u2014 symbolizing strength<\/h3>\n

shield (v.18) \u2014 representing the king as protector of the people<\/h3>\n

The Lord recalls His vow to overthrow David’s foes (vs. 21-23), extend his dominions (vs.24-25), exalt his sovereignty (vs. 26-27), and establish his kingdom forever (vs.28-37). \u2014 Guthrie, page 507.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on what God says to David in 2 Samuel 7:14-15, God here reiterates, through the psalmist, His promise to chastise\u2014nor forsake<\/em>\u2014those sons of David (i.e., male descendants in the royal line, “son” in Hebrew signifying any male descendant) who, for their part, forsake His law by violating His statutes and commandments (vs. 30-31, referring to His standards of righteousness as represented in the Mosaic Law). To these, at the time of their chastisement, it may seem as if God as cast off and rejected them (v.38), though the very fact of His chastising them proves that He has not. \u2014 Wechsler, page 218.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Beginning at v.30] is in the form of a warning, not only to David and his offspring, but to all Israel. They are warned that if they live ungodly lives and trespass His holy commandments, He will punish them for it, and yet He will overrule so that in spite of the way David’s sons may live, Messiah will come through that line. \u2014 Phillips, page 185.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let it be remembered that this is a prophecy of what many Jews will do, and say, from the fall of the last king of Israel right down to the end of the Tribulation. It is not God’s will for them to speak as they do, but God, fore-knowing what they would do, had [the psalmist] record it. …<\/span><\/h3>\n

Israel was so deep in sin that God had to do something about it (2 Chronicles 36:15-16; Ezekiel 21:25-27). … These Scriptures give the reason why Israel is without a king, and why she will continue to be without one, until she repents and Messiah comes. He is the one “whose right it is” to occupy the throne of David and no one else. … God will carry out His promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and then to David, but Israel and the world will go through some very deep waters of trouble before either of them … come to the place where God can bless them and fulfill the promises. [Which He WILL do.] \u2014 Phillips, page 187-188.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Williams’ take:<\/h3>\n

The Messiah in the confidence of coronation and the fulfillment of the sure promises made to Him as David (Isaiah 55:3; Acts 13:34<\/span><\/a>) recites these promises (vs. 2-4), voices the lament of His people at their seeming breach (vs. 38-51), but closes the Psalm as He began it with praise to Jehovah (vs. 1 and 52). Thus during His life of sorrow, His death of shame, and His arrest in Sheol, nothing is seen in Him but perfection\u2014perfection of faith toward God and of love toward man. \u2014 Williams, page 368.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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