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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:89 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:89 |
King James |
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
LAMED. (Psa 119:89-96).
In all changes God's Word remains firm (Pe1 1:25). Like the heavens, it continually attests God's unfailing power and unchanging care (Psa 89:2).
is settled in--that is, stands as firmly as the heaven in which it dwells, and whence it emanated. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Lamed (ל l), or "l." On the meaning of the passage, see the notes at Psa 89:2. The word rendered "settled" means properly "to set, to put, to place;" and then, to stand, to cause to stand, to set up, as a column, Gen 35:20; an altar, Gen 33:20; a monument, Sa1 15:12. The meaning here is, that the word - the law - the promise - of God was made firm, established, stable, in heaven; and would be so forever and ever. What God had ordained as law would always remain law; what he had affirmed would always remain true; what he had promised would be sure forever. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The eightfold Lamed. Eternal and imperishable in the constant verifying of itself is the vigorous and consolatory word of God, to which the poet will ever cling. It has heaven as its standing-place, and therefore it also has the qualities of heaven, and before all others, heaven-like stability. Ps 89 (Psa 89:3) uses similar language in reference to God's faithfulness, of which here Psa 119:90 says that it endureth into all generations. The earth hath He creatively set up, and it standeth, viz., as a practical proof and as a scene of His infinite, unchangeable faithfulness. Heaven and earth are not the subjects of Psa 119:91 (Hupfeld), for only the earth is previously mentioned; the reference to the heavens in Psa 119:89 is of a very different character. Hitzig and others see the subject in למשׁפּטיך: with respect to Thy judgments, they stand fast unto this day; but the עבדיך which follows requires another meaning to be assigned to עמדוּ: either of taking up one's place ready for service, or, since עמד למשׁפט is a current phrase in Num 35:12; Jos 20:6; Eze 44:24, of placing one's self ready to obey (Bttcher). The subject of עמדוּ, as the following הכּל shows, is meant to be thought of in the most general sense (cf. Job 38:14): all beings are God's servants (subjects), and have accordingly to be obedient and humble before His judicial decisions - היּום, "even to this day," the poet adds, for these judicial decisions are those which are formulated beforehand in the Tra. Joy in this ever sure, all-conditioning word has upheld the poet in his affliction, Psa 119:92. He who has been persecuted and cast down as it were to death, owes his reviving to it, Psa 119:93. From Him whose possession or property he is in faith and love he also further looks for his salvation, Psa 119:94. Let evil-doers lie in wait for him (קוּוּ in a hostile sense, as in Psa 56:7, קוּה, cf. חכּה, going back to קוה, Arab. qawiya, with the broad primary signification, to be tight, firm, strong) to destroy him, he meditates on God's testimonies. He knows from experience that all (earthly) perfection (תּכלה) has an end (inasmuch as, having reached its height, it changes into its opposite); God's commandment (singular as in Deu 11:22), on the contrary, is exceeding broad (cf. Job 11:9), unlimited in its duration and verification. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In heaven - With thee in thy heavenly habitation. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven - Thy purposes are all settled above, and they shall all be fulfilled below. |
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,