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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 89:49

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses ,.... The spiritual blessings said to be in Christ; the grace said to be given to us in him; the sure mercies of David, such as redemption, justification, remission of sins, and eternal life; so called because they flow from the free favour and love of God, and, being many, are expressed in the plural number; and which were former or ancient ones, even promised and secured in Christ before the world began; springing from the love of God, which,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants ,.... The apostles of Christ, his servants, and the servants of the living God, that showed unto men the way of salvation, and other saints with them that believed in Christ, and were made willing to serve and follow him; these were now reproached by the Scribes and Pharisees for believing in him, and professing him; and were scoffed and laughed at, when they had crucified him, and laid him in the grave, triumphing over him and them, believing he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:51

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord ,.... Which carries in it another argument why the Lord should take notice of these reproaches; because they come not only from their enemies, but from his also, and the enemies of his Son, who would not have him, the King Messiah, to reign over them, and are said to reproach him in the next clause: wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed ; or thy Messiah; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of the Messiah: Jarchi... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:49

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses - Wilt thou not deal with us as thou didst with our fathers? Didst thou not swear unto David that thou wouldst distinguish him as thou didst them? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:50

I do bear in my bosom - Our enemies, knowing our confidence, having often heard our boast in thee, and now seeing our low and hopeless estate, mock us for our confidence, and blaspheme thee. This wounds my soul; I cannot bear to hear thy name blasphemed among the heathen. All these mighty people blaspheme the God of Jacob. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:51

They have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed - They search into the whole history of thy people; they trace it up to the earliest times; and they find we have been disobedient and rebellious; and on this account we suffer much, alas, deserved reproach. The Chaldee gives this clause a singular turn: "Thy enemies have reproached the slowness of the footsteps of the feet of thy Messiah, O Lord. We have trusted in him as our great Deliverer, and have been daily in expectation of his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:49

Verse 49 49.O Lord! where are thy former mercies? The prophet encourages himself, by calling to remembrance God’s former benefits, as if his reasoning were, That God can never be unlike himself, and that therefore the goodness which he manifested in old time to the fathers cannot come to an end. This comparison might indeed make the godly despond, when they find that they are not dealt with by him so gently as he dealt with the fathers, did not another consideration at the same time present... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:50

Verse 50 50.O Lord! remember the reproach of thy servants. They again allege, that they are held in derision by the ungodly, — a consideration which had no small influence in moving God to compassion: for the more grievous and troublesome a temptation it is, to have the wicked deriding our patience, that, after having made us believe that God is not true in what he has promised, they may precipitate us into despair; the more ready is he to aid us, that our feeble minds may not yield to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:51

Verse 51 51.With which thy enemies, O Jehovah! have reproached thee. What the Psalmist now affirms is, not that the wicked torment the saints with their contumelious language, but that they revile even God himself. And he makes this statement, because it is a much more powerful plea for obtaining favor in the sight of God, to beseech him to maintain his own cause, because all the reproaches by which the simplicity of our faith is held up to scorn recoil upon himself, than to beseech him to do... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 89:51

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:49

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:50

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:51

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:49

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:50

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:51

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