Psalms 89:1
An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
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1 Kings 4:31and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.
1 Chronicles 2:6And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.
Psalms 71:8Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.
Psalms 86:12I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age.
Psalms 89:4'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and 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 →