What an awesome and glorious psalm!!! It
touches the depths of my soul!!!
Psalm 89 (NKJV)
89 I will sing of the mercies
of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
As I read this psalm, the sincerity and the depth of worship that this man brings to paper awed me and blessed my soul!!! This was truly written by a man who knew God!!! He is writing out of the depths of his heart to praise and honor GOD!!!
The first verse says, “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.”
The Bible I was using said this psalm was a Maschil by Ethan the Ezrahite. I looked up maschil and found that it means enlightened; a psalms that teaches something. Indeed one description said a special psalm by Ethan the Ezrahite.
When I first read this psalm, I realized that Ethan must have been a very intelligent man, full of knowledge and wisdom.
Even verse 2 is praise unto THE LORD, “For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
And then in verse 3 and 4, God speaks through Ethan about David, and the covenant that God made to David because of his love for God and because he walked in the ways of THE LORD!!!
3 “I have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have sworn to My servant David:
4 ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne to all generations.’”
At the end of verse 4, we see the word, “Selah,” and we know that it means that we should stop to consider the great importance of what the writer is saying!!!
In verses 5-18, Ethan continues magnifying the Lord God of Heaven.
5 And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
8 O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
As I read this psalm, the sincerity and the depth of worship that this man brings to paper awed me and blessed my soul!!! This was truly written by a man who knew God!!! He is writing out of the depths of his heart to praise and honor GOD!!!
The first verse says, “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.”
The Bible I was using said this psalm was a Maschil by Ethan the Ezrahite. I looked up maschil and found that it means enlightened; a psalms that teaches something. Indeed one description said a special psalm by Ethan the Ezrahite.
When I first read this psalm, I realized that Ethan must have been a very intelligent man, full of knowledge and wisdom.
Even verse 2 is praise unto THE LORD, “For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
And then in verse 3 and 4, God speaks through Ethan about David, and the covenant that God made to David because of his love for God and because he walked in the ways of THE LORD!!!
3 “I have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have sworn to My servant David:
4 ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne to all generations.’”
At the end of verse 4, we see the word, “Selah,” and we know that it means that we should stop to consider the great importance of what the writer is saying!!!
In verses 5-18, Ethan continues magnifying the Lord God of Heaven.
5 And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
8 O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are
Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
And once more, beginning with verse 19, God begins to speak of HIS SERVANT; King David, A Man After God's Own Heart and the promises that HE made to David!!!
19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.
24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
25 Also I will set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27 Also I will make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
36 His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before Me;
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
And again I say, What an awesome psalm!!! How touching and moving to read of praises of the MOST HIGH!!!
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
And once more, beginning with verse 19, God begins to speak of HIS SERVANT; King David, A Man After God's Own Heart and the promises that HE made to David!!!
19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.
24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
25 Also I will set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27 Also I will make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
35 Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
36 His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before Me;
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
And again I say, What an awesome psalm!!! How touching and moving to read of praises of the MOST HIGH!!!
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