Jesus will reign in strength v.13Waiting for response for Psalms 89:13 and in justice, judgment, mercy, and truth.v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 89:14 Knowing this glorious purpose of God, we can be included in the “Blessed that know the joyful sound”.v.15Waiting for response for Psalms 89:15 A wonderful future is in prospect for those who respond to the gospel for “they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted” vs.15-16Waiting for response for Psalms 89:15-16 to “live and reign with Christ a thousand years”. Revelation 20:6Waiting for response for Revelation 20:6
Unfortunately, many of the descendants of David, anointed to sit upon the throne of the LORD after him, were wicked idolaters who led Israel astray so that the people were punished and scattered out of the land. The final part of this Psalm laments this and expresses the question which all the faithful, who know of God’s promise concerning Israel and her king, have asked throughout the ages: “How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?” v.46Waiting for response for Psalms 89:46 Our lives are short vs.47-48Waiting for response for Psalms 89:47-48 so the passage of time until the fulfilment of God’s promise to David seems long, but the appointed day will certainly come, for God says: “Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed [Christ] shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me”.vs.35-36Waiting for response for Psalms 89:35-36
This Psalm expresses God’s determination to fulfil his promise to David: “I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations”.vs.3-4Waiting for response for Psalms 89:3-4 His promise will be fulfilled when the seed of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, returns to sit upon David’s throne which is the throne of the LORD in Jerusalem over God’s people of Israel. God “will beat down his foes before his face” v.23Waiting for response for Psalms 89:23 and exalt him in faithfulness and mercy.v.24Waiting for response for Psalms 89:24 Jesus is God’s first-born, as Jesus proclaims: “Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation”,v.26Waiting for response for Psalms 89:26 and God will make him higher than the kings of the earth.v.27Waiting for response for Psalms 89:27