Psalms 89:1

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

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In The King James Version

I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

In Context

2Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:31And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.

1 Chronicles 2:6Also, the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, as well as Calcol and Dara, five altogether.

Psalms 40:9They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

Psalms 71:8And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.

Psalms 89:4For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:1

Many psalms that begin with complaint and prayer end with joy and praise, but this begins with joy and praise and ends with sad complaints and petitions; for the psalmist first recounts God's former favours, and then with the consideration of them aggravates the present grievances. It is uncertain when it was penned; only, in general, that it was at a time when the house of David was woefully eclipsed; some think it was at the time of the captivity of Babylon, when king Zedekiah was insulted over, and abused, by… Read the whole commentary →

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