1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 16:13; Isaiah 61:1-3; John 3:34
I have found David my servant - That is, I found him among the sheepfolds; in humble life. I saw there one who was qualified for the high office...
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...
I have found, &c. Quoted in Acts 13:22 .
20 I have found David my servant. The prophet confirms the same proposition, That there was nothing of royalty in David, who owed all to the...
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: I have found David my servant - This is the sum of what God had said in propheti...
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....
We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting...
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...
the Covenant with David Psalms 89:19-37 In this section the psalmist draws put, in detail, the fundamental prophecy by Nathan already mentioned...
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...
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 bl...
I have found David my servant ,.... Not David literally; but his Son and antitype, the Messiah, who is sometimes called by his name; Psalms 89:3 ,...
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: Ver. 20. I have found David ] The Father seeketh such as worship him in spiri...
Then That is, of old; thou spakest in vision Which then was the usual way by which God spake to the prophets; to thy Holy One To thy holy proph...
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy...
I have found: this is spoken of God figuratively after the manner of men, to imply the great scarcity of such persons, and the difficulty of findin...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ Maschil ,” an instruction, a didactic poem. “Of Ethan the Ezrahite ,” “one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom...
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...
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...
The Rule of the Messiah
I have found David, My Servant; with My holy oil have I anointed Him.
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 se...
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: