“ Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. ”
Also I will make him my first-born - He shall be regarded and treated by me as the first-born son is in a family; that is, with distinguished favor and honor. Compare Genesis 27:19 ; Genesis 29...
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...
Higher . MOST HIGH. Hebrew. 'Elyon. App-4. This looks forward to Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:13-15 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Micah 5:2 ).
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. I will make him my first-born - I will deal with him as a father by his first-born son, to whom a double portion of possession...
Also I will make him my first-born, &c.— I will deal with him as with an eldest son, to whom a double portion of honour and possessions is due; and advance him to greater dignity than any other...
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...
Firstborn. — Jesse’s youngest son became the firstborn, the favourite son of God. Here, of course, the epithet is extended to all the Davidic succession.
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...
Also I will make him my firstborn ,.... Or, "make him the firstborn"; make him great, as Jarchi interprets it; give him the blessing, the double portion of inheritance: so Christ is made most blesse...
Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Ver. 27. Also I will make him my firstborn ] Christ is the firstborn of every creature, and in all things hath the pre-emin...
I will make him my firstborn As he calls me father, so I will make him my son, yea, my firstborn; the firstborn had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage, in some sor...
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that...
As he calls me Father, Psalms 89:26 , so I will make him my son, yea, my first-born, who had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage in some sort agree to David, who may...
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...
higher than the kings of the earth The eighty-ninth Psalm is at once the confirmation and exposition of the Davidic Covenant ( 2 Samuel 7:9-14 ). That the covenant itself looks far beyond Davi...
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 Chronicles 1:12 ; 2 Chronicles 9:23 ; 2 Chronicles 9:24 ; Colossians 1:15 ; Colossians 1:18 ; Isaiah 49:7 ; Numbers 24:7 ; Psalms 2:10-12 ; Psalms 2:7 ; Psalms 72:11 ; Revelation 19:16 ;...
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...
My first — born — As he calls me father, Psalms 89:26 , so I will make him my son, yea my first — born; who had divers privileges above other sons. This and the following passage in some sort agre...