Psalms 89:49 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 89:49

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47 Remember how short my time ^ais;
For what ^bfutility have You created all the children of men?

48 What man can live and not¹ see ^adeath?
Can he deliver his life from the power of¹ the grave? Selah

49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^aswore to David ^bin Your truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^aHow I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

51 ^aWith which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your¹ anointed.

52 ^aBlessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Psalms 89:49-51

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).

Psalms 89:38-52

present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor.

cast off—and rejected (compare Psalms 15:4; Psalms 43:2; Psalms 44:9).

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