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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then thou spakest
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in vision
chazown (Hebrew #2377)
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zone'
Origin: from 2372
to thy holy one
chaciyd (Hebrew #2623)
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
KJV usage: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un- )godly.
Pronounce: khaw-seed'
Origin: from 2616
, and saidst
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I have laid
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
help
`ezer (Hebrew #5828)
aid
KJV usage: help.
Pronounce: ay'-zer
Origin: from 5826
upon one that is mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
l; I have exalted
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
one chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
out of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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Then.
1 Sam. 16:1• 1And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. (1 Sam. 16:1)
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2 Sam. 7:8‑17• 8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
(2 Sam. 7:8‑17)
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Luke 1:70• 70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: (Luke 1:70)
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2 Peter 1:21• 21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (2 Peter 1:21)
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2 Peter 3:2• 2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: (2 Peter 3:2)
to thy holy.
I have laid.
exalted.
Psa. 89:3• 3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, (Psa. 89:3)
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1 Kings 11:34• 34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: (1 Kings 11:34)
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Phil. 2:6‑11• 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Phil. 2:6‑11)
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Heb. 2:9‑17• 9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
(Heb. 2:9‑17)
 Read of “thy holy One,” and remark that “holy” here is the same word as “mercies” in the first verse, not as “holy” in the 18th. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89 by J.N. Darby)
 (vv. 19-28) The verses that follow present in detail the covenant made with David, and the assurance of God’s faithfulness to His covenant. (Psalms 89 by H. Smith)
 Christ takes His place as the King of Israel (under the figure of David) and is made higher than the kings of the earth (vs. 19-37). (Book 3. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy Onen, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one choseno out of the people.

JND Translation Notes

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Chasid. see Ps. 16.10.
o
Or a "young man"; as "excellent," Cant. 5.15.