Psalms 89:49 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 89:49

Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

KJV

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

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Commentary

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Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? Here he comes to grand pleading, hand to hand work with the covenant angel. We may remind the Lord of his first deeds of love, his former love to his church, his former favour to ourselves. Then may we plead his oath, and beg him to remember that he has sworn to bless his chosen: and we may wrestle hard also, by urging upon him his own character, and laying hold upon his inviolable truth.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3242: “Unparalleled Loving Kindnesses” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1911)

THE LORD had made an Everlasting Covenant with David, ordered in all things and sure, yet that Covenant was not intended to preserve him from trouble. When this Psalm was written, he had been brought very low. His crown had been cast down to the ground, his enemies had rejoiced over him and he had become a reproach to his neighbors.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The terms of expostulation are used in view of the actual appearance that God had forsaken His people and forgotten His promise, and the plea for aid is urged in view of the reproaches of His and His people's enemies (compare Isa 37:17-35).

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַיֵּ֤ה׀	'ai.Yeh	where?	H346 →
חֲסָדֶ֖יךָ	cha.sa.Dei.kha	[are] covenant loyalti<es> your	H2617 →
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀	ha.ri.sho.Nim	<the> former	H7223 →
אֲדֹנָ֑י	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ	nish.Ba'.ta	[which] you swore an oath	H7650 →
לְ֝דָוִ֗ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃	be.'e.mu.na.Te.kha	in faithfulness your	H530 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
  I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Proverbs 4:20
  My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 10:27
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 13:34
  In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Through
Hebrews 7:21
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
leads to
- Psalms 110:4
  The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:17
  For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Through
Psalms 54:5
He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
leads to
- Psalms 143:12
  And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

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