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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. Who this Ethan was is not certain. Kimchi takes him to be the same with Ethan the wise man, a grandson of Judah, 1 Kings 4:31. But seeing he lived some hundreds of years before the times of David, it is not likely that he should be the writer of this psalm; for David is made mention of in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever,.... Both temporal and spiritual, especially the latter, in which there is a large display of the rich and abundant mercy of God, from whence they are so called; as in the choice of men to everlasting life, who are said to be vessels of mercy; in the covenant of grace made with them, the blessings of...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Many psalms that begin with complaint and prayer end with joy and praise, but this begins with joy and praise and ends with sad complaints and petitions; for the psalmist first recounts God's former favours, and then with the consideration of them aggravates the present grievances. It is uncertain when it was penned; only, in general, that it was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: Another subject might wear out, but this glorious topic will never be exhausted, Here is a theme which we can sing of in eternity as well as in time. Let others choose what subject they may, “I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah for ever.” Psa_89:1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 establish in the very heavens. So far, the gracious man declares the resolution of his heart to praise his God for ever, and gives the reason for that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 establish in the very heavens. Here is an eternal song concerning eternal mercy. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, so the...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever. A devout resolve, and very commendable when a man is exercised with great trouble on account of an apparent departure of the Lord from his covenant and promise. Whatever we may observe abroad or experience in our own persons, we ought still to praise God for his mercies, since they most...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I have said,.... That is, in his heart he had said, he had thought of it, was assured of it, strongly concluded it, from the Spirit and word of God; he believed it, and therefore he spoke it; having it from the Lord, it was all one as if he had spoke it:
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: What a building, — Mercy! God’s mercy is to be built up for ever. Psa_89:2. Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. Like the great arch you see in the firmament on high, unbuttressed and unpillared, yet it stands fast. So shall God’s faithfulness be built up, settled, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have made a covenant with my chosen,.... Not with Abraham, as the Targum expresses it: but with David, as in the following clause; not David, literally understood, though he was chosen of the Lord to be his servant, and a covenant was made with him, and a promise made to him of the perpetuity of his throne and kingdom in his family, Psalms 78:70...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Well might the psalmist say, in the second verse, “I have said,” when God in the third verse says, “I have sworn.” It is ours to say, it is God’s to say with such tremendous solemnity that doubt cannot be tolerated. “I have made a covenant with my chosen:” King David, who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. That covenant, as you well know, was not only made with David, but it had a higher spiritual bearing, for it related to that great and glorious Son of David who still reigns, and shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. The complete fulfillment of this glorious covenant promise concerns, not only David and his seed, but “great David’s greater Son” and his spiritual seed, the chosen people with whom the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy seed will I establish for ever,.... Meaning not the natural seed of David, at least not only them; whose family was indeed preserved, though in very low circumstances, until the Messiah came, who sprung from thence, Lu 1:27, but the spiritual seed of Christ, to whom it was promised that he should have a seed, and should see and enjoy it, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. Whatever may happen in the world, David’s Seed is always reigning; whatever kings may lose their crowns, King Jesus will never lose the many crowns that are on his head. God has sworn it: “Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord,.... Which, by a prosopopceia, may be understood of the heavens literally, in the same sense as other inanimate creatures praise the Lord, Psalms 148:3, or mystically of the church, consisting of heaven born souls, and whose doctrines and ordinances are from heaven; or of the apostles, as Jerom, who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. The psalmist meant to praise God at such a rate that the sun, and moon, and stars, should hear his song, while angels and the host redeemed by blood should learn to praise God better than ever. “Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. It is often very profitable, when we are enjoying fellowship with God, for us to speak to God, and then wait for God to speak to us. It is so here you see. First the psalmist says that he will praise God for ever, then God tells him of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. A holy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord?.... Or "ranked" (n), or put upon a par, with him; none of the angels in heaven; for though they are holy, wise, knowing, powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful creatures, yet not to be compared with the Lord for holiness, wisdom, knowledge, strength, faithfulness, and mercy; see Exodus 15:11,...