Psalms 89:1
I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
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2For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
Cross References
Psalms 40:9Well, O Lord, you know that, with lips unrestrained, your righteousness I told in the great congregation,
Psalms 71:8All the day long my mouth is filled with your praise and your glory.
Psalms 86:12I will give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart, my God, I will honor your name forever.
Psalms 89:4to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.” 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 →