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.
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Gill's Exposition
I have found David my servant,.... Not David literally; but his Son and antitype, the Messiah, who is sometimes called by his name; See Gill on Psa 89:3, and his "finding" him does not suppose any…
Barnes' Notes
Then thou spakest in vision - Or, by a vision. See this word explained in the notes at Isa 1:1. The meaning is, that God had spoken this by means of visions, or by communications made to his people by…
The covenant God made with David and his seed was mentioned before (Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4); but in these verses it is enlarged upon, and pleaded with God, for favour to the royal family, now almost sunk…
The mention of the king in Psa 89:89 naturally leads up to the covenant with David which was briefly alluded to in Psa 89:3-4. The Psalmist now recites the promise in detail in a poetical expansion of…
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