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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 89:15	Strong Concordance	Blessed [0835] is the people [05971] that know [03045] the joyful sound [08643]: they shall walk [01980], O LORD [03068], in the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440].
	King James	Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

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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]
His government of righteousness is served by "mercy" and "truth" as ministers (Psa 85:10-13). know the joyful sound--understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts to which the people were called by the trumpet (Lev 25:9, &c.). walk . . . countenance--live in His favor (Psa 4:6; Psa 44:3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

His government of righteousness is served by "mercy" and "truth" as ministers (Psa 85:10-13).

know the joyful sound--understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts to which the people were called by the trumpet (Lev 25:9, &c.).

walk . . . countenance--live in His favor (Psa 4:6; Psa 44:3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Blessed is the people - Happy is their condition. See the notes at Psa 1:1. That know the joyful sound - That hear that sound. DeWette explains this of the call to the festivals and offerings, Lev 23:24; Num 10:10; Psa 27:6. That is, says he, those who honor and worship God. The Hebrew word - תרועה terû‛âh - means a loud noise; a tumult; especially, shouts of joy, or rejoicing, Job 8:21; Sa1 4:5; the "shout of a king," that is, the joyful acclamations with which a king is welcomed, Num 23:21; the shout of battle, Jer 4:19; Jer 49:2. Then it means the sound or clangor of trumpets, Lev 25:9; Num 29:1-6. The word is, therefore, especially applicable to the sounding of the trumpets which attended the celebration of the great; festivals among the Hebrews, and there can be little doubt that this is the reference here. The idea is, that they are blessed or happy who are the worshippers of Yahweh, the true God; who are summoned to his service; who are convened to the place of his worship. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance - They shall live in thy favor, and enjoy thy smiles.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The poet has now described what kind of God He is upon whose promise the royal house in Israel depends. Blessed, then, is the people that walks in the light of His countenance. הלּך of a self-assured, stately walk. The words ידעי תּרוּעה are the statement of the ground of the blessing interwoven into the blessing itself: such a people has abundant cause and matter for exultation (cf. Psa 84:5). תּרוּעה is the festive sound of joy of the mouth (Num 23:21), and of trumpets or sackbuts (Psa 27:6). This confirmation of the blessing is expanded in Psa 89:17-19. Jahve's שׁם, i.e., revelation or manifestation, becomes to them a ground and object of unceasing joy; by His צדקה, i.e., the rigour with which He binds Himself to the relationship He has entered upon with His people and maintains it, they are exalted above abjectness and insecurity. He is תּפארת עזּמו, the ornament of their strength, i.e., their strength which really becomes an ornament to them. In Psa 89:18 the poet declares Israel to be this happy people. Pinsker's conjecture, קרנם (following the Targum), destroys the transition to Psa 89:19, which is formed by Psa 89:18. The plural reading of Kimchi and of older editions (e.g., Bomberg's), קרנינוּ, is incompatible with the figure; but it is immaterial whether we read תּרים with the Chethb (Targum, Jerome), or with the Ker (lxx, Syriac) תּרוּם. (Note: Zur Geschichte des Karaismus, pp. קפא and קפב, according to which, reversely, in Jos 5:1 עברוּ is to be read instead of עברם, and Isa 33:2 זרענוּ instead of זרעם, Psa 12:8 תשמרנּוּ instead of תשמרם, Mic 7:19 חטאתנוּ instead of חטאתם, Job 32:8 תביננּוּ instead of תבינם, Pro 25:27 כבודנוּ instead of כבודם (the limiting of our honour brings honour, - an unlikely interpretation of the חקר).) מגנּנוּ and מלכּנוּ in Psa 89:19 are parallel designations of the human king of Israel; מגן as in Ps 47:10, but not in Psa 84:10. For we are not compelled, with a total disregard of the limits to the possibilities of style (Ew. 310, a), to render Psa 89:19: and the Holy One of Israel, (as to Him, He) is our King (Hitzig), since we do not bring down the Psalm beyond the time of the kings. Israel's shield, Israel's king, the poet says in the holy defiant confidence of faith, is Jahve's, belongs to the Holy One of Israel, i.e., he stands as His own possession under the protection of Jahve, the Holy One, who has taken Israel to Himself for a possession; it is therefore impossible that the Davidic throne should become a prey to any worldly power.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The poet has now described what kind of God He is upon whose promise the royal house in Israel depends. Blessed, then, is the people that walks in the light of His countenance. הלּך of a self-assured, stately walk. The words ידעי תּרוּעה are the statement of the ground of the blessing interwoven into the blessing itself: such a people has abundant cause and matter for exultation (cf. Psa 84:5). תּרוּעה is the festive sound of joy of the mouth (Num 23:21), and of trumpets or sackbuts (Psa 27:6). This confirmation of the blessing is expanded in Psa 89:17-19. Jahve's שׁם, i.e., revelation or manifestation, becomes to them a ground and object of unceasing joy; by His צדקה, i.e., the rigour with which He binds Himself to the relationship He has entered upon with His people and maintains it, they are exalted above abjectness and insecurity. He is תּפארת עזּמו, the ornament of their strength, i.e., their strength which really becomes an ornament to them. In Psa 89:18 the poet declares Israel to be this happy people. Pinsker's conjecture, קרנם (following the Targum), destroys the transition to Psa 89:19, which is formed by Psa 89:18. The plural reading of Kimchi and of older editions (e.g., Bomberg's), קרנינוּ, is incompatible with the figure; but it is immaterial whether we read תּרים with the Chethb (Targum, Jerome), or with the Ker (lxx, Syriac) תּרוּם.

(Note: Zur Geschichte des Karaismus, pp. קפא and קפב, according to which, reversely, in Jos 5:1 עברוּ is to be read instead of עברם, and Isa 33:2 זרענוּ instead of זרעם, Psa 12:8 תשמרנּוּ instead of תשמרם, Mic 7:19 חטאתנוּ instead of חטאתם, Job 32:8 תביננּוּ instead of תבינם, Pro 25:27 כבודנוּ instead of כבודם (the limiting of our honour brings honour, - an unlikely interpretation of the חקר).)

מגנּנוּ and מלכּנוּ in Psa 89:19 are parallel designations of the human king of Israel; מגן as in Ps 47:10, but not in Psa 84:10. For we are not compelled, with a total disregard of the limits to the possibilities of style (Ew. 310, a), to render Psa 89:19: and the Holy One of Israel, (as to Him, He) is our King (Hitzig), since we do not bring down the Psalm beyond the time of the kings. Israel's shield, Israel's king, the poet says in the holy defiant confidence of faith, is Jahve's, belongs to the Holy One of Israel, i.e., he stands as His own possession under the protection of Jahve, the Holy One, who has taken Israel to Himself for a possession; it is therefore impossible that the Davidic throne should become a prey to any worldly power.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Know - Who enjoy the presence of God and his ordinances, to which they are called by the sound of trumpets. Walk - Under the comfortable influences of thy favour.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Blessed is the people - "O the blessednesses of that people (אשרי העם( elp ashrey haam) that know the joyful sound;" that are spared to hear the sound of the trumpet on the morning of the jubilee, which proclaims deliverance to the captives, and the restoration of all their forfeited estates. "They shall walk vigorously (יהלכון yehallechun) in the light of thy countenance" (באור פניך beor paneycha) - the full persuasion of the approbation of God their Father, Redeemer, and Sanctifier.

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³ For they got [03423] not the land [0776] in possession [03423] by their own sword [02719], neither did their own arm [02220] save [03467] them: but thy right hand [03225], and thine arm [02220], and the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440], because thou hadst a favour [07521] unto them.

⁶ There be many [07227] that say [0559], Who will shew [07200] us any good [02896]? LORD [03068], lift thou up [05375] the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440] upon us.

⁹ Then shalt thou cause the trumpet [07782] of the jubile [08643] to sound [05674] on the tenth [06218] day of the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the day [03117] of atonement [03725] shall ye make the trumpet [07782] sound [05674] throughout all your land [0776].

¹⁰ Mercy [02617] and truth [0571] are met together [06298]; righteousness [06664] and peace [07965] have kissed [05401] each other.
¹¹ Truth [0571] shall spring out [06779] of the earth [0776]; and righteousness [06664] shall look down [08259] from heaven [08064].
¹² Yea, the LORD [03068] shall give [05414] that which is good [02896]; and our land [0776] shall yield [05414] her increase [02981].
¹³ Righteousness [06664] shall go [01980] before [06440] him; and shall set [07760] us in the way [01870] of his steps [06471].

¹ And in the seventh [07637] month [02320], on the first [0259] day of the month [02320], ye shall have an holy [06944] convocation [04744]; ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399]: it is a day [03117] of blowing [08643] the trumpets unto you.
² And ye shall offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068]; one [0259] young [01241] bullock [06499], one [0259] ram [0352], and seven [07651] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without blemish [08549]:
³ And their meat offering [04503] shall be of flour [05560] mingled [01101] with oil [08081], three [07969] tenth deals [06241] for a bullock [06499], and two [08147] tenth deals [06241] for a ram [0352],
⁴ And one [0259] tenth deal [06241] for one [0259] lamb [03532], throughout the seven [07651] lambs [03532]:
⁵ And one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], to make an atonement [03722] for you:
⁶ Beside the burnt offering [05930] of the month [02320], and his meat offering [04503], and the daily [08548] burnt offering [05930], and his meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262], according unto their manner [04941], for a sweet [05207] savour [07381], a sacrifice made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].

² Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], that I will cause an alarm [08643] of war [04421] to be heard [08085] in Rabbah [07237] of the Ammonites [01121] [05983]; and it shall be a desolate [08077] heap [08510], and her daughters [01323] shall be burned [03341] with fire [0784]: then shall Israel [03478] be heir [03423] unto them that were his heirs [03423], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹⁹ My bowels [04578], my bowels [04578]! I am pained [02342] [03176] at my very [07023] heart [03820]; my heart [03820] maketh a noise [01993] in me; I cannot hold my peace [02790], because thou hast heard [08085], O my soul [05315], the sound [06963] of the trumpet [07782], the alarm [08643] of war [04421].

²¹ He hath not beheld [05027] iniquity [0205] in Jacob [03290], neither hath he seen [07200] perverseness [05999] in Israel [03478]: the LORD [03068] his God [0430] is with him, and the shout [08643] of a king [04428] is among them.

⁵ And when the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] came [0935] into the camp [04264], all Israel [03478] shouted [07321] with a great [01419] shout [08643], so that the earth [0776] rang again [01949].

²¹ Till he fill [04390] thy mouth [06310] with laughing [07814], and thy lips [08193] with rejoicing [08643].

⁶ And now shall mine head [07218] be lifted up [07311] above mine enemies [0341] round about [05439] me: therefore will I offer [02076] in his tabernacle [0168] sacrifices [02077] of joy [08643]; I will sing [07891], yea, I will sing praises [02167] unto the LORD [03068].

¹⁰ Also in the day [03117] of your gladness [08057], and in your solemn days [04150], and in the beginnings [07218] of your months [02320], ye shall blow [08628] with the trumpets [02689] over your burnt offerings [05930], and over the sacrifices [02077] of your peace offerings [08002]; that they may be to you for a memorial [02146] before [06440] your God [0430]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].

²⁴ Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], In the seventh [07637] month [02320], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], shall ye have a sabbath [07677], a memorial [02146] of blowing [08643] of trumpets, an holy [06944] convocation [04744].

¹ Blessed [0835] is the man [0376] that walketh [01980] not in the counsel [06098] of the ungodly [07563], nor standeth [05975] in the way [01870] of sinners [02400], nor sitteth [03427] in the seat [04186] of the scornful [03887].

¹⁹ Then thou spakest [01696] in vision [02377] to thy holy one [02623], and saidst [0559], I have laid [07737] help [05828] upon one that is mighty [01368]; I have exalted [07311] one chosen [0977] out of the people [05971].

¹⁰ For a day [03117] in thy courts [02691] is better [02896] than a thousand [0505]. I had rather [0977] be a doorkeeper [05605] in the house [01004] of my God [0430], than to dwell [01752] in the tents [0168] of wickedness [07562].

²⁷ It is not good [02896] to eat [0398] much [07235] honey [01706]: so for men to search [02714] their own glory [03519] is not glory [03519].

⁸ But [0403] there is a spirit [07307] in man [0582]: and the inspiration [05397] of the Almighty [07706] giveth them understanding [0995].

¹⁹ He will turn again [07725], he will have compassion [07355] upon us; he will subdue [03533] our iniquities [05771]; and thou wilt cast [07993] all their sins [02403] into the depths [04688] of the sea [03220].

⁸ The wicked [07563] walk [01980] on every side [05439], when the vilest [02149] men [01121] [0120] are exalted [07311].

² O LORD [03068], be gracious [02603] unto us; we have waited [06960] for thee: be thou their arm [02220] every morning [01242], our salvation [03444] also in the time [06256] of trouble [06869].

¹ And it came to pass, when all the kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which were on the side [05676] of Jordan [03383] westward [03220], and all the kings [04428] of the Canaanites [03669], which were by the sea [03220], heard [08085] that the LORD [03068] had dried up [03001] the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], until we were passed over [05674], that their heart [03824] melted [04549], neither was there spirit [07307] in them any more, because [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

¹⁸ For the LORD [03068] is our defence [04043]; and the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478] is our king [04428].

¹⁷ For thou art the glory [08597] of their strength [05797]: and in thy favour [07522] our horn [07161] shall be exalted [07311] [07311].
¹⁸ For the LORD [03068] is our defence [04043]; and the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478] is our king [04428].
¹⁹ Then thou spakest [01696] in vision [02377] to thy holy one [02623], and saidst [0559], I have laid [07737] help [05828] upon one that is mighty [01368]; I have exalted [07311] one chosen [0977] out of the people [05971].

⁵ Blessed [0835] is the man [0120] whose strength [05797] is in thee; in whose heart [03824] are the ways [04546] of them.