Psalms 89:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? ”

Psalms 89:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long, Lord? - How long is this to continue? Can it be that this is to continue always? Is there to be no change for the better? Are the promises which have been made, never to be fulfilled? C...
Psalms 89:46 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

How long, (g) LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? (g) The prophet in joining prayer with his complaint, shows that his faith never failed.
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Shall. Supply Ellipsis from preceding line: "[How long] shall", &c.
Psalms 89:46 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

46. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? After having poured forth his complaints respecting the sad and calamitous condition of the Church, the Psalmist now turns himself t...
Psalms 89:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? How long, Lord? - The promise cannot utterly fail. When then, O Lord, wilt thou restore the kingdom to Israel?
Psalms 89:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? -The suppliant here turns from lamentation to prayer, that the Lord would remove the present prostration of Dav...
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How long. — With this persistent cry of the Maccabæan age (see Psalms 74:10 ), the poet shows that faith is not extinct, though it has a sore struggle with despair.
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Consuming Fire” Psalms 89:38-52 Here the psalmist falls into expostulation and lament. Whether he alludes to the time when Jerusalem was taken by Shishak in the days of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14...
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a new train of thoughts, arising out of the view of God's covenant love in redemption, celebrated before. The degeneracy of Israel, and the captivity of the people (probably with an eye to th...
Psalms 89:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? .... When God hides his face front his people, though it is but for a little while, it seems long, and a kind of an eternity to them; and so it seem...
Psalms 89:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? Ver. 46. How long, Lord? &c. ] Here faith prevaileth against flesh, and falleth a praying, and at length a prai...
Psalms 89:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been w...
Psalms 89:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 89:1-2 . I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithful...
Psalms 89:46 - 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 89:46 - 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 89:46 - 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 89:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lament and Comfort
Psalms 89:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; Hebrews 12:29 ; Hosea 5:15 ; Isaiah 45:15 ; Isaiah 8:17 ; Jeremiah 21:12 ; Jeremiah 4:4 ; Job 23:9 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 13:2 ; Psalms 79:5 ; Psalms...

Psalms 89:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 89:46 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 89:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 89:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 89:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 89:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 89:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 89:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 89:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge