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Psalms 89:27
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25 Also I will aset his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers. 
26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are amy Father,
My God, and bthe rock of my salvation.’ 
27 Also I will make him aMy firstborn,
bThe highest of the kings of the earth. 
28 aMy mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him. 
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
aAnd his throne bas the days of heaven. 
30 “Ifa his sons bforsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments, 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Psalms 89:27

I will make him my first-born - I will deal with him as a father by his first-born son, to whom a double portion of possessions and honors belong. First-born. is not always to be understood literally in Scripture. It often signifies simply a well-beloved, or best-beloved son; one preferred to all the rest, and distinguished by some eminent prerogative. Thus God calls Israel his son, his first-born, Exodus 4:22. See also Sirach 36:12. And even Ephraim is called God' s first-born, Jeremiah 31:9. In the same sense it is sometimes applied even to Jesus Christ himself, to signify his supereminent dignity; not the eternal Sonship of his Divine nature, as inveterate prejudice and superficial thinking have supposed.


 
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