“ The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ”
The enemy shall not exact upon him - The literal meaning here is derived from the force sometimes used in extorting or demanding a debt, where no indulgence is shown, but where it is exacted to t...
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...
wickedness. Hebrew. 'avval. App-44.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him. (540) Here it is declared in express terms, that although David may not be without enemies, the power of God will be always ready to maintain and defe...
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. The enemy shall not exact upon him - None of his enemies shall be able to prevail against him. It is worthy of remark that D...
Shall not exact upon him— Shall not oppress him; Mudge. Or, according to the original, deceive him.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. -Development of the original promise to David, a...
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...
Exact. — This meaning is possible, and is supported by the LXX. and Vulgate, “shall not get profit.” There may be an allusion to Deuteronomy 15:6 , but perhaps it is better to take the verb in the...
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...
the Covenant with David Psalms 89:19-37 In this section the psalmist draws put, in detail, the fundamental prophecy by Nathan already mentioned; first, in the promises given to David, Psalms 8...
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...
Nothing, I venture to believe, hath tended more to obscure the glories of the Lord Jesus, and to hide from the view of an ordinary reader the many blessed things which the book of Psalms is continual...
The enemy shall not exact upon him ,.... The enemy is the devil, as in the interpretation of the parable of the tares, Matthew 13:39 , the implacable enemy of Christ and his church; and yet, notwit...
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. Ver. 22. The enemy shall not exact upon him ] Or, shall profit nothing, not prosper at all, as the Chaldee and Greek have...
Then That is, of old; thou spakest in vision Which then was the usual way by which God spake to the prophets; to thy Holy One To thy holy prophets, the singular number being put for the plural;...
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that...
Not exact upon him; not conquer him, or make him tributary. Or, shall not deceive or circumvent him, as this word is used, Genesis 3:13 2 Kings 18:29 . Afflict him, to wit, so as to overthro...
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 89:1 . 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...
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...
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...
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...
The Rule of the Messiah
1 Chronicles 17:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ; John 17:12 ; Matthew 4:1-10
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...
Exact — Not conquer him or make him tributary.