“ And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. ”
And I will beat down his foes before his face - I will crush them, or destroy them: showing that the power of doing this was not his own, but was the power of God exerted in his behalf. And pl...
And I will (s) beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. (s) Though there will always be enemies against God's kingdom yet he promises to overcome them.
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...
foes . adversaries.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate 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...
Beat down. — Probably bray, as in a mortar. Plague. — Or, smite.
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...
And I will beat down his foes before his face ,.... In Judea, and in the Gentile world; more especially in Rome Pagan, and Rome Papal; in the most public manner, before his Gospel, and the ministry...
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Ver. 23. And I will beat down his foes, &c. ] Victory over enemies is of the Lord; he may better say than any mort...
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that...
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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
2 Samuel 22:40-44 ; 2 Samuel 3:1 ; 2 Samuel 7:1 ; 2 Samuel 7:9 ; John 15:23 ; Luke 19:14 ; Luke 19:27 ; Psalms 109:3-31 ; Psalms 110:1 ; Psalms 132:18 ; Psalms 2:1-6 ; Psalms 21:8 ; Psal...
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...