Thou hast broken down all his hedges,.... Round about his vine, the church; see Ps 80:12.
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Psalms 89:40
Psalms 89:40
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Psalms 89 — OverviewPsalms 89 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMany psalms that begin with complaint and prayer end with joy and
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complaints and petitions; for the psalmist first recounts God's former
favours,…Psalms 89 — OverviewPsalms 89 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 89:1, The psalmist praises God for his covenant; Psalms 89:5, for his wonderful power; Psalms 89:15, for the care of his church; Psalms 89:19, for his favour to the kingdom of David; Psalms 89:38, Then…Psalms 89 — OverviewPsalms 89 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMaschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. Who this Ethan was is not certain. Kimchi takes him to be the same with Ethan the wise man, a grandson of Judah, 1Ki 4:31. But seeing he lived some hundreds of years before the times of…Psalms 89:38-52Psalms 89:38-52 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn 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…Psalms 89:40Psalms 89:40 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgebroken: Psalms 80:12; Job 1:10; Isaiah 5:5-6
brought: 2 Chronicles 12:2-5, 2 Chronicles 15:5; Lamentations 2:2, Lamentations 2:5; Revelation 13:1-7