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PSALM 89
A Messianic Psalm—A song setting forth the mercy, greatness, justice, and judgment of the Holy One of Israel—David’s seed and throne (through Christ) to be established forever—God’s Firstborn made higher than the kings of the earth.
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6  For who in the heaven [ Suggesting that this is taking place at the grand council in heaven. ] can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the [ The author is searching for a strong, mighty member of the council, they’re looking for one out of the sons who is strong and mighty, one who can defeat the dragon. (verse 9) ] mighty [ God the Father. ] can be likened unto the LORD?
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.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9  Thou r [ It was Jehovah who was the one who won the battle against the dragon. ] rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab [ Or the Leviathan - the great sea monster - satan. "Rahab" literally means “pride” or “arrogance”. ] in pieces, as one that is slain; [ This happened in the war in heaven. ] thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11  The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: [ Jesus Christ is the creator of the heavens and the earth. This was done after Satan was expelled from the grand council in heaven.(verse 10) Thine here is possessive. This verse is telling us that the earth is Jehovah’s. The earth is his. The earth is Jehovah’s kingdom. The earth is his inheritance. And why? Because he created it. The act of creation provides natural justification for his position as king.(verse 18) ] as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded [ Founded here of course refers to creating, to creating the earth. So here we learn that Christ after slaying the dragon he creates the earth. And don’t miss the other really, really interesting thing said in this verse about the earth. ] them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. [ Christ / Jehovah is established as King, and all of this happens in the primordial realm because he slayed the dragon, and there he created the earth. If as a heavenly king, Christ has the power and authority to command the elements, to form a world, what precludes Christ from forming another world? and another world and another world.(Psalms 145:13) ]
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by acasting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.