Psalms 89:1
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Kings 4:31so that he was wiser than any man—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol,—and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about.
1 Chronicles 2:6And, the sons of Zerah, Zimri and Ethan, and Heman and Calcol and Dara, all of them, five.
Psalms 40:9I have told the good-tidings of righteousness in a great convocation, Lo! my lips, do I not restrain, O Yahweh, thou, knowest:
Psalms 71:8My mouth shall be filled with, thy praise, All the day, with thy splendour.
Psalms 86:12I will give thee thanks, Adonay, my God, with all my heart, And will glorify thy Name unto times age-abiding.
Psalms 89:4Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [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 →