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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<νMaschil
maskiyl (Hebrew #4905)
instructive, i.e. a didactic poem
KJV usage: Maschil.
Pronounce: mas-keel'
Origin: from 7919
of Ethan
'Eythan (Hebrew #387)
permanent; Ethan, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Ethan.
Pronounce: ay-thawn'
Origin: the same as 386
d the Ezrahite
'Ezrachiy (Hebrew #250)
an Ezrachite or descendant of Zerach
KJV usage: Ezrahite.
Pronounce: ez-raw-khee'
Origin: patronymic from 2246
.>> I will sing
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
of the mercies
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
: with my mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
will I make known
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy faithfulness
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
to πall
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
generations
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
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or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite to give instruction.
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1 Chron. 2:6• 6{i}And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.{/i} (1 Chron. 2:6)
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generation and generation; so
Psa. 89:4• 4Forever will I stablish thy seed,{HR}And build up thy throne [from] generation to generation. Selah. (Psa. 89:4)
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Psa. 119:90• 90To generation and generation [is] thy faithfulness.{HR}Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. (Psa. 119:90)
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Ethan,
Ezrahite,
Forever,
Generation,
Maschil,
Singing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  The psalmist praises God for his covenant;
5-14:  for his wonderful power;
15-18:  for the care of his church;
19-37:  for his favour to the kingdom of David.
38-45:  Then complaining of contrary events,
46-52:  he expostulates, prays, and blesses God.
A.M. cir. 3463.
B.C. cir. 541.
(Title.)
Maschil, etc.
or,A Psalm for Ethan, the Ezrahite, to give instructions. This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity, when, the family of David being dethroned, and the royal family ruined, the Divine promises had apparently failed.Ethan.
1 Kings 4:31• 31{i}For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.{/i} (1 Kings 4:31)
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1 Chron. 2:6• 6{i}And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.{/i} (1 Chron. 2:6)
I will.
Psa. 86:12‑13• 12I will thank thee, O Lord my Saviour,{HR}With all my heart,{HR}And I will glorify thy name forever.
 13For thy mercy [is] great unto me,{HR}And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Psa. 86:12‑13)
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Psa. 101:1• 1A psalm of David.{HR}Of mercy and judgment I will sing;{HR}Unto thee, Jehovah, I will sing praises. (Psa. 101:1)
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Psa. 106:1• 1Praise ye Jah . Give thanks unto Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good, for his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 106:1)
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Psa. 136:1‑26• 1Give thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good,{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 2Give thanks to the God of gods;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 3Give thanks to the Lord of lords;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 4To him that alone doeth great wonders;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 5To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 6To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 7To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 11And brought Israel from their midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 12With strong hand and with outstretched arm;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 13To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 14And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 15And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 16To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 17To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 18And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 19(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 20And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 21And gave their land for an inheritance;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 22An inheritance to Israel his servant;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 23Who remembered us in our low estate;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 24And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 25Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 26Give thanks to the God of the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)
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Psa. 40:9‑10• 9I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.
 10Thy righteousness I hid not in the midst of my heart;{HR}Thy faithfulness and thy salvation I declared;{HR}I concealed not thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)
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Psa. 71:8,15‑19• 8My mouth shall be filled [with] thy praise,{HR}Thine honour, all the day.
 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness,{HR}All the day thy salvation;{HR}For I know not its numbers.
 16I will go in the might of Adonai Jehovah;{HR}I will recall thy righteousness, thine only.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous works.
 18Yea also unto old age and grey hairs,{HR}O God, forsake me not,{HR}Until I declare, thine arm to a generation,{HR}Thy might to every one that is to come.
 19And thy righteousness, O God, [is] very high;{HR}Thou who hast done great things,{HR}O God, who [is] like thee? (Psa. 71:8,15‑19)
thy faithfulness.
Psa. 89:5,8,33,49• 5And the heavens shall confess thy wonder, O Jehovah,{HR}And thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
 8Jehovah God of hosts, who [is] like thee, strong Jah,{HR}And thy faithfulness round about thee?
 33But my mercy I will not utterly take from him,{HR}Nor belie my faithfulness;
 49Where [are] thy former mercies,{HR}Lord, thou swarest to David in thy faithfulness? (Psa. 89:5,8,33,49)
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Psa. 36:5• 5O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 92:2• 2To show in the morning thy mercy{HR}And thy faithfulness in the night, (Psa. 92:2)
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Isa. 25:1• 1Jehovah, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will celebrate thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things]: counsels of old [which are] faithfulness [and] truth. (Isa. 25:1)
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Lam. 3:23• 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. (Lam. 3:23)
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Mic. 7:20• 20{i}Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.{/i} (Mic. 7:20)
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Titus 1:2• 2upon hope of life eternal which God that cannot lie promised before the times of the ages, (Titus 1:2)
all generations.
Heb. generation and generation.
Psa. 89:4• 4Forever will I stablish thy seed,{HR}And build up thy throne [from] generation to generation. Selah. (Psa. 89:4)
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Psa. 119:90• 90To generation and generation [is] thy faithfulness.{HR}Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. (Psa. 119:90)
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Psa. 119•  (Psa. 119)
:*marg:
• Book 3. Series 2. Appendix Psalm. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psa. 89 has one remarkable character which it behooves us to notice here—reliance on the faithfulness of God according to His original word of promise, when externally all is contrary to it, but the expectation of fulfillment founded on mercy, in fact in Christ, in whom all promised mercies concentrate themselves. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89” by J.N. Darby)
• In Psalms 89, the godly remnant look for salvation in the mercy of God, and the faithfulness of God to His covenant with David, by which blessing is secured, even though for a time the nation is cast off. (“Psalm 89” by H. Smith)
• (vv. 1-2) The opening verses present the great theme of the psalm―the mercies and faithfulness of God, instead of the sin and failure of the nation, as in Psalms 88. (“Psalm 89” by H. Smith)
• In this psalm the picture has wholly changed. The Lord has returned according to His mercy and faithfulness (mentioned 10 times) and is seen among His people (vs. 5, 7). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)
• Psalm 88 gives Israel’s failure under the law (or rather the consequences of their failure); Psalm 89 is the Lord’s faithfulness to restore them according to the promises made to David. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)
• Honoring His covenant with David, the Lord has come in for the restoration and blessing of Israel (vs. 1-4). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindnessb of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "loving-kindnesses," "mercies," chesed, as ver. 49. The word is the same, but in the singular, in vers. 2,14,24,28,33. See Notes, Ps. 4.3; 43.1; 86.2; and Acts 13.34

W. Kelly Translation

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An instruction of Ethan the Ezrahite.{HR}I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever,{HR}With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness [from] generation to generation.