Thine. Thine own.
But thou hast cast off - literally, Thou hast treated as a foul, offensive thing; thou hast treated him to whom these promises were made, as if h...
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...
38. But thou hast abhorred and rejected him. Here the prophet complains that in consequence of the decayed state of the kingdom, the prophec...
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. But thou hast cast off - Hitherto the psalmist has spoken of the coven...
Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed— One of the posterity of David, and his lawful successor in the kingdom. These verses are applicable to Ze...
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. -The people of the covenant contrast the sad state of things ac...
We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting...
Abhorred] RV 'rejected.' Thineanointed ] Israel's king. A particular individual, probably Jehoiachin, seems to be in view in this and the followin...
But thou. — The poem takes a new departure here. God is reproached for violating the covenant, and the contrast between the actual condition of thi...
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 th...
“A Consuming Fire” Psalms 89:38-52 Here the psalmist falls into expostulation and lament. Whether he alludes to the time when Jerusalem was tak...
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 cala...
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 c...
But thou hast cast off ,.... Here begin objections to what is before said, and swore to; even to the everlasting love of God, to Christ, and to his...
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Ver. 38. But thou hast cast off and abhorred ] So it seemed to the...
But thou hast cast off Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now proceeds to show the unsuitableness of the present dispensa...
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But...
Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now proceeds to show the unsuitableness of the present dispensations of God's providence...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ Maschil ,” an instruction, a didactic poem. “Of Ethan the Ezrahite ,” “one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom...
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 sa...
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...
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 t...
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 se...
But Thou hast cast off and abhorred, rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine Anointed. The vicarious nature of the Redeemer's work is here stress...
Lament and Comfort
1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1-12 ; 2 Samuel 1:21 ; 2 Samuel 15:26 ; Deuteronomy 32:19 ; Hosea 9:17 ; Jeremiah 12:1 ; Lamentations 2:7...
But — Having hitherto declared the certainty of God's promises, he now humbly expostulates with God about it.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.