Psalms 89

Psalms 89:2

For I said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

After all my troubles, I came to this resolution; Thy mercy, O Lord, is as some goodly structure, which thou wilt never leave to build up (till thou have finished it) so firmly, that it shall stand for ever: thy faithfulness in making good all thy promises, is as surely established, as the very heavens themselves.

Psalms 89:10

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces.

Thou hast overthrown the proud Egyptian in the Red Sea.

Psalms 89:12

The north and the south thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Thou hast made all the coasts of heaven: the north and the south are created by thee: Tabor that is in the west, and Hermon towards the east, do rejoice in thee, and acknowledge thy power.

Psalms 89:15

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound.

Blessed are the people whose ears are enured unto the cheerful sound of the sacred trumpets of God, in their solemn feasts and sacrifices.

Psalms 89:19

Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty, &c.

Thou spakest by way of vision to thy holy prophet Samuel, and after him to Nathan thy prophet; and saidst, I have ordained to give help and victory unto my people, by my strong and mighty champion, David.

Psalms 89:25

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

I will establish his rule over those which dwell on the sea coast, and from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines; so as both the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean, together with the rivers of Euphrates, Jordan, and the rest within that compass, shall be swayed by his sceptre.

Psalms 89:27

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

As he whom thou, O David and Solomon, dost represent, as types of him to come, is the firstborn of every creature, and in all things hath the pre-eminence; so thou, in figure of him, shalt be advanced to the honour of the highest prince upon earth, having therein the true privilege of primogeniture.

Psalms 89:33

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, &c. See 2 Sam. vii. 15.

LXXXIX. 36, 37. His throne shall be as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. The spiritual government of Christ, the Son of David, shall continue as firm and steadfast, as the sun and moon, and those other heavenly bodies, which are the faithful witnesses of God’s unfailable power and providence.