Psalms 55:20
If they break my statutes - Margin, “profane.” The Hebrew word means to pollute or defile; and the idea is, If they practically contemn them; if...
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...
break . profane. And keep not. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emphasis.
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...
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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...
(30-33) An elaboration of 2 Samuel 7:14-15 , and evidently made with a purpose. The poet acknowledges the sin of Israel in past times, but also rega...
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...
It is all along considered, in the covenant-engagements of Jehovah, that the seed of Christ will manifest frequent rebellions. I knew, saith Jehovah,...
If they break my statutes ,.... Fixed, settled, appointed ordinances; such as are baptism and the Lord's supper, under the New Testament dispensatio...
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Ver. 31. If they break my statutes ] Heb. If they profane or make void; q. d. be their si...
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,...
God's Covenant with David. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy...
By this variety of expressions he implies that God will pardon not only their lesser, but even their greater sins.
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...
If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments. God’s displeasure at His people’s sins I. The conduct described. 1. Far from u...
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
if they break, profane, My statutes, the precepts of His covenant, and keep not My commandments, the general obligations laid upon all men;
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...
31 If they breake my statutes, and keep not my commandments;