“ My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ”
My covenant will I not break - literally, I will not pollute, defile, profane. See the notes at Psalms 89:31 , where the same word is used. God says that he will not do in regard to the covenant...
My covenant will I not break, nor (b) alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (b) For God in promising has respect to his mercy, and not to man's power in performing.
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...
break . profane. alter . violate.
34 My covenant will I not break. As the true knowledge of God’s mercy can only be obtained from his word, he enjoins us to keep our eyes intently fixed upon his covenant. The more excellent...
DISCOURSE: 650 GOD’S COVENANT ENGAGEMENTS WITH CHRIST AND US Psalms 89:28-35 . My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to...
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. My covenant will I not break - My determination to establish a spiritual kingdom, the head of which shall be Jesus, the...
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...
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...
What a blessed nevertheless this is, (verse 33) and how sweetly doth it come in here, to give relief to a poor sin-beaten, tempted, and fallen soul! Though poor and wretched, and wanderers from the L...
My covenant will I not break ,.... Not the covenant at Sinai, as Aben Ezra, but the covenant of grace made with Christ, and which stands fast with him, Psalms 89:3 , which is firm, sure, and stable...
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ver. 34. My covenant will I not break ] Heb. I will not profane my covenant, though they have profaned my statutes,...
My mercy Declared and promised to him and his seed, as it here follows; will I keep for him for evermore Nothing shall alter my kind intentions, but I will mercifully fulfil all my promises to hi...
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
James 1:17 ; Jeremiah 14:21 ; Jeremiah 33:20 ; Leviticus 26:44 ; Malachi 3:6 ; Matthew 24:35 ; Numbers 23:19 ; Romans 11:29
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...