Psalms 89:1
I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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1 Kings 4:31For 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.
1 Chronicles 2:6And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.
Psalms 71:8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.
Psalms 86:12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Psalms 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah
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 →