Psalm 89:29-52 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:19-37

The covenant God made with David and his seed was mentioned before (Ps. 89:3, 4); but in these verses it is enlarged upon, and pleaded with God, for favour to the royal family, now almost sunk and ruined; yet certainly it looks at Christ, and has its accomplishment in him much more than in David; nay, some passages here are scarcely applicable at all to David, but must be understood of Christ only (who is therefore called David our king, Hos. 3:5), and very great and precious promises they are... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:38-52

In these verses we have, I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. ?Thou saidst thou wouldst not take away thy lovingkindness, but thou hast cast off.? Sometimes, it is no easy thing to reconcile God's providences with his promises, and yet we are sure they are reconcilable; for God's works fulfil his word and never contradict it. 1. David's house seemed to have lost its... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever ,.... Not a race of kings from David, which ended at the Babylonish captivity; not the natural seed of David, not the Messiah himself, who sprung from him, but the Messiah's spiritual seed, which were given him by the Father, adopted through him, regenerated by his Spirit and grace, begotten through his Gospel, and the ministry of it, and born again in his church, and to whom he stands in the relation of the everlasting Father, Isaiah 9:6 . The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:30

If his children forsake my law ,.... The same with the seed before mentioned, the children of the Messiah: it is not said "if he forsakes", which cannot be supposed of Christ, because he knew no sin, nor did any; which yet might be supposed of David, had he been literally meant; but not he, nor his natural children, but the spiritual seed of mystical David, are here designed, who may sin, and do sin, of which there is too much proof and evidence; and who sin not only through infirmity, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:31

If they break my statutes ,.... Fixed, settled, appointed ordinances; such as are baptism and the Lord's supper, under the New Testament dispensation; which are the things that are unshaken, and will remain until the second coming of Christ: these are to be kept as they were first delivered; no change and alteration ought to be made in them; so to do is to break and violate them, or "profane" them, as the word F9 יחללו "prophanaverint", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod ,.... That is, of men; as in 2 Samuel 7:14 , the Lord making use of men to chastise his people by, as he did of the neighbouring nations of the Jews, when they sinned against him; and so the Targum interprets it here, "I will visit their transgressions by the hands of the tribes of the ungodly;' or with such afflictions as are common to men, 1 Corinthians 10:13 , in a kind, humane, moderate way, in measure, in judgment, and not in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:33

Nevertheless, my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him ,.... Or "make it void" F11 אפיר "not irritam faciam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus. , not from Christ, who always was, and ever will be, the dear Son of his love, even while he was obeying, suffering, and dying; nor from all those that are in him, loved and chosen in him, from everyone of his spiritual seed, who are all dear sons, and pleasant children; and the love of God to his people is in Christ; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:34

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, Psalm 89:3 , which is firm, sure, and stable, and as immovable as mountains and hills, and more so, 2 Samuel 23:5 or "profane" F13 לא אחלל "non prophanabo", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, &c.; it, though his people profane his statutes, Psalm 89:31 , he will not profane his covenant; though they violate his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness ,.... Swearing is ascribed to God after the manner of men, and is done in condescension to the weakness of his people, and to remove doubts and hesitations from them, relating to things spiritual and eternal; as to his everlasting love to them, his covenant with them in Christ, and their perseverance in his grace; and it is made by himself, or one or other of his perfections, as here by his "holiness"; see Amos 4:2 , and indeed his holiness being his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:36

His seed shall endure for ever ,.... This is a confirmation by his oath of what he had before said, Psalm 89:29 which may be understood either of the perseverance of particular believers, of everyone of the spiritual seed of Christ; or of the duration of the church in general, throughout all ages, as before observed; and these being matters of moment and importance, and of which there are sometimes doubts in the minds of the Lord's people about them, and that they may be firmly believed by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:19-37

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:38-52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:36

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