Psalms 89:27

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore,.... That is, for his mystical body, his church and people; for whom stores of mercy are kept with him, to be laid out in their regeneration, pardon,…

Also I will make him my first-born - He shall be regarded and treated by me as the first-born son is in a family; that is, with distinguished favor and honor. Compare Gen 27:19; Gen 29:26; Exo 4:22;…

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…

I also corresponds to the emphatic Heat the beginning of Psa 89:89. It is God's answer to David's cry of filial love. The titles sonand first-bornapplied to Israel (Exo 4:22; Jer 31:9) are conferred…