Psalm 89:1-29 A Song Of Adoration
1. The Faithfulness Of God's Promises - They Are -
Our Song - 1 I Will Sing Of The Mercies Of The Lord For Ever:
Our Speech - With My Mouth Will I Make Known Thy Faithfulness To All Generations. Our Strength - 2 For I Have Said, Mercy Shall Be Built Up For Ever:
Thy Faithfulness Shalt Thou Establish In The Very Heavens.
And Our Stay - A Covenant With -
God's People - 3 I Have Made A Covenant With My Chosen,
God's Prince - I Have Sworn Unto David My Servant, (Christ)
God's Purpose - 4 Thy Seed Will I Establish For Ever,
And Build Up Thy Throne To All Generations. Selah.
2. The Fullness Of God's Promises - 5-10 - Promises Based On -
The Faithfulness Of God - 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord:
thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. The Fullness Of God - 6 who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord
who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord The Fear Of God - 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. The Fervency Of God - 8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee?
or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
The Fame Of God - 9,10 - God Controls -
The Seas - 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
The States - 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
And The Skies - 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
3. The Focus Of God's Promises - 11-23 -
1. Our Reverence For -
His Possession - 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
His Power - 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
His Purity - 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne:
mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
His Presence - 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
His Praise - 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
His Protection -
His Strength 17 thou art the glory of their strength
His Strategy - and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. His Stamina - 18 For the Lord is our defence;
His Standard - and the Holy One of Israel is our king. 2. Our Reliance On -
His Provision - 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: His Protection 21 with whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him
His Promotion - 23 I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him
4. The Foundation Of God's Promises - 24-29
Our Saviour - 24-27
His Character - 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
His Control - 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
His Commission -
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
His Caliber - 27 I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. His Covenant -
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore my covenant shall stand fast with him
His Continuance -
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
