Psalms 89:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. ”

Psalms 89:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the people - Happy is their condition. See the notes at Psalms 1:1 . That know the joyful sound - That hear that sound. DeWette explains this of the call to the festivals and offe...
Psalms 89:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Blessed [is] the people that (m) know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy (n) countenance. (m) Feeling in their conscience that God is their father. (n) They will be pres...
Psalms 89:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXIX. The Covenant with David. The Ps. may be divided thus: Psalms 89:1-18 . The promise made to David (2 Samuel 7). Yahweh is all-powerful, so that He can, faithful so that He will, fulfil His...
Psalms 89:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Blessed . Happy. Figure of speech Beatitudo. App-6. See App-63. the joyful sound. Of the trumpet's assembling sound. Leviticus 23 . countenance . face. See Psalms 89:14 . spiritual blessi...
Psalms 89:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. Here the same train of reflection concerning the Church is pursued, not only because unbelievers are blind to the consideration of God’s...
Psalms 89:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 648 THE BLESSEDNESS OF GOD’S PEOPLE Psalms 89:15-16 . Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall the...
Psalms 89:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. Blessed is the people - "O the blessednesses of that people (אשרי העם(elp ashrey haam) th...
Psalms 89:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That know the joyful sound— This probably refers to the trumpet, which was always used by the express command of God at the Jewish festivals. And as the ideas in the preceding verses are taken from...
Psalms 89:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. -Inasmuch as the value of a promise depends on the power and the faithfulness of the...
Psalms 89:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting the promises made to David with their seeming lack...
Psalms 89:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That know the joyful sound — i.e. , that are familiar with the shouting and music that accompanied the feasts of Israel. They shall walk. — Better in the present; and so of the verb in the next...
Psalms 89:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 89:1-52 THE 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 her...
Psalms 89:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

No God like Our God Psalms 89:1-18 To understand this psalm we must turn to 2 Samuel 7:1-29 , where God guaranteed that David's kingdom should be continued to his descendants. Nathan's words a...
Psalms 89:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Taken as a whole, this song is one of the finest in the collection as a revelation of how the man of faith is compelled to view circumstances of calamity. In a poem of great beauty he first sets fort...
Psalms 89:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A new subject is here opened. The sacred writer, having celebrated the praises of Jehovah in what had gone before, now speaks of the happiness of his people. Moses had long before observed, that ther...
Psalms 89:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound ,.... Of the love, grace, and mercy of God displayed in Christ, of peace and pardon by his blood, of justification by his righteousness, of atonement...
Psalms 89:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. Ver. 15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound ] Iubilationem, the sound...
Psalms 89:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed are the people , &c. Next to the praises of Jehovah, is declared the happiness of those who have him for their God, who are his worshippers and servants, living under his righteous and m...
Psalms 89:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blessedness of Israel Declared. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O L ORD , i...
Psalms 89:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The psalmist, intending to describe the doleful estate of the royal family and kingdom of Israel, aggravates it by the consideration of their former felicity. That know the joyful sound, i.e. who e...
Psalms 89:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ Maschil ,” an instruction, a didactic poem. “Of Ethan the Ezrahite ,” “one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon ( 1 Kings 4:31 ). There i...
Psalms 89:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 89:15 The blessing is not in the sound, but in the soul. It is the soul that knows the sound. Eloquence, that moves all hearts, is utterly unimpressive if the soul, capable of thinking and...
Psalms 89:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 89:1 . Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. That is to say, an instructive Psalm, written by or for one Ethan, one of the great singers of David's day. He sings of the covenant, the covenant with D...
Psalms 89:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The time of this ode is gathered from the text; it was written after Rahab, the proud Egyptian kingdom, Psalms 87:4 , was broken to pieces, Psalms 89:10 ; and after the hedge, the wall of Jerusalem...
Psalms 89:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever. A majestic song This psalm is one of the very choicest songs in the night. Midst a stream of troubled thoughts there stands a fair island of res...
Psalms 89:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION At first sight, a psalm of praise; but, in reality, one of expostulation and complaint. The praises of God are sung in the opening section ( Psalms 89:1-19 ); they culminated in the D...
Psalms 89:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, o...
Psalms 89:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:28 ; Isaiah 2:5 ; Isaiah 52:7 ; Isaiah 52:8 ; Job 29:3 ; John 14:21-23 ; Leviticus 25:9 ; Luke 2:10-14 ; Nahum 1:15 ; Numbers 10:10 ; Numbers 23:21 ; Numbers 6:26 ; Proverbs 16:15...
Psalms 89:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Psalm of Worshipful Praise Psalms 89:1-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we shall take the first two verses of our study and see what God will give us. Let us quote to you these...
Psalms 89:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Know — Who enjoy the presence of God and his ordinances, to which they are called by the sound of trumpets. Walk — Under the comfortable influences of thy favour.

Psalms 89:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 89:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 89:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 89:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 89:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 89:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 89:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 89:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 89:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 89:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 89:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 89:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes