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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 89:5

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.Heavens — The inhabitants of heaven.Faithfulness — Understand, shall be praised; which supplements are usual in scripture. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 89:6

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?Among — The highest angels. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 89:7

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.Feared — With a fear of reverence.Saints — The whole society of angels.All that — That encompass his throne. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 89:8

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?Round thee — Like a girdle encompassing thee. It appears in all thy words and works. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:5

5. The heavens Here to be understood as the abode of God and his angels, and by metonomy put for the inhabitants of heaven, the angels and saints. From this to Psalms 89:14 the perfections of God are confessed, and illustrated by allusions to nature and to history. Thy faithfulness… in the congregation of the saints That is, the holy beings in heaven shall celebrate the “faithfulness” of God toward his Church. The idea is parallel to Ephesians 3:10 read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:6

6. Who in the heaven This recognises orders of created beings in “heaven.” To say glorified saints are not included, is to deny that they are in “heaven.” See notes on Psalms 16:3; Psalms 73:25. Sons of the mighty Hebrew, Sons of God. So in Psalms 29:1, “O ye mighty,” is O sons of God, an advance upon “who in heaven,” which included all orders whatsoever, while this designates angels, specially the higher order, archangels. These are created beings messengers of God doing his will.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:7

7. Assembly of the saints The council of his holy ones. The idea is, that those who are admitted as a privy council to the most intimate knowledge of the divine purposes are those who reverence him most. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:8

8. Thy faithfulness round about thee Compare Isaiah 11:5: “Faithfulness the girdle of his reins.” But the idea here is, On all sides the evidences of thy “faithfulness” appear. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 89:9

9. Thou rulest the raging of the sea And therefore canst control the passions of men and the ambition of princes. read more

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