Psalm 89:38-52

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 89:38

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 seed, to the unchangeableness and unalterableness of the covenant, and to the continuance and perpetuity of the kingdom and church of Christ, taken from the dealings of the Lord with the Messiah and his people; which were made either by the psalmist, under a spirit of prophecy, foreseeing what would come to pass; or by the apostles and church of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:39

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant ,.... His servant David the Messiah, Psalm 89:3 , meaning not the covenant of circumcision, nor the covenant at Sinai, which were really made void at the death of Christ; but the covenant of grace and redemption made with Christ, which it was promised should stand fast, and never be broken, Psalm 89:3 , but was thought to be null and void when the Redeemer was in the grave, and all hopes of redemption by him were gone, Luke 24:21 , but so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:40

Thou hast broken down all his hedges ,.... Round about his vine, the church; see Psalm 80:12 . A famous church was raised at Jerusalem, quickly after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, which seemed to be well filled, fenced, and protected; but on a sudden a violent persecution arose, and the members of it were made havoc of, and the ministers of the word were scattered abroad, and which was the breaking down of the hedges; and what was done to the church was taken by Christ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:41

All that pass by the way spoil him ,.... His church, his members, which are himself, when made havoc of by their persecutors, and they took joyfully the spoiling of their goods, Hebrews 10:34 , so the church of Christ may be spoiled, however, attempted to be spoiled, by false teachers, who are the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; crafty seducers, who spoil Christians of their peace and comfort, through philosophy and vain deceit, Song of Solomon 2:15 . Christ himself may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:42

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries ,.... Suffered them to become powerful, and to prevail against him; as the wicked Jews, and Satan, and his principalities and powers, at the time of Christ's apprehension, crucifixion, and death; for then were their hour, and the power of darkness, Luke 22:53 , death also had dominion over him, and held him under the power of it for awhile: the enemies of his interest, Rome Pagan, and Rome Papal, have, in their turns, had their right hands... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:43

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword ,.... Or the "sharpness" F1 צור "acumen", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. of it blunted it, so that it could do no execution: the disciples of Christ were not allowed the use of the temporal sword to defend their master; and his house, his kingdom, not being of this world, Matthew 26:51 , other weapons were put into their hands; the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; and the edge of this was blunted, with respect to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:44

Thou hast made his glory to cease ,.... The glory of his deity, though it did not properly cease, yet it seemed to do so, being covered, and out of sight, and seen but by a very few, while he appeared in the likeness of sinful flesh; and the glory of his humanity was made to cease, in which he was fairer than the children of men, and his visage was more marred than any man's, and his form than the sons of men; and the glory of his offices, prophetical, priestly, and kingly, which were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened ,.... His days of joy and pleasure; such as days of youth are, in opposition to the days of old age, which are evil, Ecclesiastes 11:9 , these were shortened when his sorrows and sufferings came on, and God hid his face from him; and indeed he was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief all his days: the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the days of his time"; and the Arabic version "the days of his years"; for he did not live out half the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:46

How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? .... When God hides his face front his people, though it is but for a little while, it seems long, and a kind of an eternity to them; and so it seemed to the man Christ Jesus; and indeed what he endured, when his Father hid his face from him, was of the same kind with an eternal absence; see Psalm 13:1 , shall thy wrath burn like fire? it did so when Christ bore the sins of his people, and all the punishment due unto them; when his... read more

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