Psalm 89:7-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:5-14

These verses are full of the praises of God. Observe, I. Where, and by whom, God is to be praised. 1. God is praised by the angels above: The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord! Ps. 89:5; that is, ?the glorious inhabitants of the upper world continually celebrate thy praises.? Bless the Lord, you his angels, Ps. 103:20. The works of God are wonders even to those that are best acquainted and most intimately conversant with them; the more God's works are known the more they are admired and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:15-18

The psalmist, having largely shown the blessedness of the God of Israel, here shows the blessedness of the Israel of God. As there is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, so, happy art thou, O Israel! there is none like unto thee, O people! especially as a type of the gospel-Israel, consisting of all true believers, whose happiness is here described. I. Glorious discoveries are made to them, and glad tidings of good brought to them; they hear, they know, the joyful sound, Ps. 89:15. This may... read more

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:7

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints ,.... Which Jarchi and Kimchi understand of angels again, and render it "God is to be feared in the great assembly of them"; for they are a very large number, even an innumerable company, in and by whom the Lord is feared and worshipped, Hebrews 12:21 , but rather an assembly or congregation of holy men are designed: it is the duty of such to assemble together publicly for religious worship; they ought to do it on account of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:8

O Lord God of hosts ,.... Of all the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, and of all the heavenly hosts of angels, of all the armies in heaven, and the inhabitants of the earth: who is a strong Lord like unto thee ? he is Jah, or Jehovah, and he alone is so, and is the most High in all the earth, Psalm 83:18 and there is none like him for his great power and strength, by which he has made the heavens and the earth, and upholds them in their being; and by which he has redeemed his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:9

Thou rulest the raging of the sea ,.... The power, pride, and elation of it, when it swells, and foams, and rages, and becomes boisterous, and threatens vessels upon it with utter ruin and destruction; but the Lord, who has it under his dominion and government, restrains it; he has made and can manage it, and he only: his power over it is seen in assigning it its place, and ordering the waters of it to it when first made; in placing the sand for its boundary by a perpetual decree, which it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:10

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain ,.... Or Egypt, as in Psalm 87:4 or the Egyptians, and particularly Pharaoh their king; so the Targum explains it, "Rahab or the proud one, this is Pharaoh the wicked;' who and his people were broken to pieces by the plagues that were brought upon them, especially when all their firstborn were slain; and he and his host were broke in pieces at the Red sea, and were seen by the Israelites on the shore, all dead men; and this was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:11

The heavens are thine ,.... They are made and inhabited by him, they are the work of his hands, and the seat of his majesty, and the throne of his glory; the angels of heaven are his, his creatures and servants; the several heavens are his, the airy, starry, and third heavens; the place and state of the blessed and glorified saints is of his preparing and giving: the earth also is thine ; the whole terraqueous globe, and all that is in it, being made, preserved, and continued by him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:12

The two extreme parts of the world, the northern and southern poles, whether inhabited or uninhabited, are created by the Lord, to answer some purpose or another; see Job 26:7 . Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name ; Tabor was a mountain in the western part of Galilee, in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:12 . This mountain, according to Mr. Maundrell F1 Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 113, 114, Ed. 7. , stands by itself in the plain of Esdraelon, about 1200 to 1800... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:13

Thou hast a mighty arm ,.... Christ is the arm of the Lord, and a mighty one he is, and so is the Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation; here it seems to design the almighty power of God, displayed in the works of creation and providence; see Isaiah 51:9 . strong is thy hand ; thy "left hand", as some, it being distinguished from his right hand, mentioned in the next clause; the Targum adds, "to redeem thy people;' the work of redemption was put into the hand of Christ,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:5-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 89:15-18

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:13

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