Text: “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations.”
Psalm 89:1
Good morning, Covenanted Christian! You and I, as born again, Bible-believing
Christians, have the utter privilege of being Covenanted Christians – those
placed faithfully under the Divine Covenant of a truly gracious and Omnipotent
Lord God and Saviour – in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah! What an Eternal privilege we have to
enjoy. Glory to the Lord God!
Dictionary Definition: Covenant – (noun) a mutual agreement; the writing containing an
agreement; an engagement entered into between God and a person or a people…(The
Chambers Dictionary, page 377)
Psalm 89 is such a Covenant Psalm, a Psalm of
mutual agreement; the writing containing an agreement; an engagement entered
into between God and a person or a people.
It is a Psalm rejoicing in the knowledge that the Lord God Almighty,
Jehovah, Creator of all things, has blessed us and made an Eternal Covenant
with us, ‘His people’. Bless the Lord,
oh my soul!
“And she (Mary) shall bring forth a son, and
thou (Joseph) shalt call His Name JESUS: for He shall save His people from
their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)
“We have now reached the majestic Covenant
Psalm which, according to the Jewish arrangement, closes the third book of the
Psalms. It is the utterance of a
believer in presence of great national disaster, pleading with his God, urging
the grand argument of covenant engagements and expecting deliverance and help
because of the faithfulness of Jehovah.”
(C.H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, page 371)
Verse 1. “This one short verse contains the
summary, pith, and argument of he whole long Psalm…” (John Boys1560-1643)
Verse 1. “I will sing of the mercies of the
Lord for ever. Having received the Eternal mercies of the Lord
in Salvation, through Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God – you and I should have
cause to sing of such gracious mercies forever.
It is the ‘new song’ which the Lord God puts in our mouths, once we are
Eternally redeemed by the precious and sinless Blood of Christ Jesus. Glory to His all-powerful Name!
“And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.”
(Psalm 40:3)
On a personal note: this is a promise that the
Lord God gave to me, the least of His servants, on the 12th August
1979, when He saved my sin-sick soul, and set my feet upon Christ, the Rock of
my Salvation.
Since that time 47 years ago, many have indeed
saw the miracle of regeneration in my life; have been put to Godly fear
concerning their own sins; and trusted Christ for their own Salvation. Oh, the wonder of God’s matchless grace to
Hell-deserving sinners such as me!
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am
chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ
might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should
hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.”
(1 Timothy 1:15-16)
Verse 1. “With my mouth will I make known Thy
faithfulness to all generations. Because God
is, and ever will be, faithful, we have a theme for song which will not be out
of date for future generations; it will never be worn out, never be disproved,
never be unnecessary, never be an idle subject, valueless to mankind.” (C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 371)
“The author has heard continual praises from a
tongue half eaten away with cancer. What use, beloved reader, are you making of
your tongue?” (Philip Bennett Power,1862)
Covenant Statements: Covenant statements from God’s own inspired (God-breathed)
Word are listed in this great Covenant Psalm 89.
Verse 2. “Mercy shall be built up for ever. The elect constitute and form one grand house of mercy. This
house, contrary to the fate of all sublunary buildings, will never fall down,
nor ever be taken down. As nothing can
be added to it, so nothing can be diminished from it. Fire cannot injure it;
storms cannot overthrow it; age cannot impair it. It stands on a Rock, and is immovable as the
Rock on which it stands – the three-fold Rock of God’s inviolable decree, of
Christ’s finished redemption, and of the Spirit’s never-failing faithfulness.”
(Augustus Montague Toplady,1740-1778)
Verse 2. “Thy faithfulness shalt Thou establish
in the very Heavens. We, today, have God’s
own Word on this Covenant declaration to us, ‘His people’: ‘For ever, O Lord,
Thy Word is settled in Heaven.’ (Psalm 119:89)
The Lord God Jehovah, the only one true Lord God, continues to show His
grace to sinners, and His faithfulness to us whom He saves is an evidence none
can refute. Praise His Holy and ever
gracious Name!
Verse 3. “I have made a Covenant with My
chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. In Christ Jesus, there is a covenant established with all the
Lord’s chosen, and they are by grace led to be the Lord’s servants and then are
ordained kings and priests by Christ Jesus. How sweet it is to see the Lord,
not only making a covenant but owning to it in after days, and bearing witness
to His own oath; this ought to be solid ground for faith, and Ethan, the
Ezrahite, evidently thought it so.” (C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page
371)
The Lord God is immutable, unchangeable and
ever faithful to His Word to us, ‘His people’.
“God is not a man that He should lie; neither
the son of man, that He should repent (say and not do!): hath He said, and
shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19)
Verse 5. “And the Heavens shall praise Thy
wonders, O Lord: Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. It is a wonderful Salvation; it is such a Salvation as the angel’s
desire to pry into it; and it is such a Salvation that all the prophets desire
to pry into it; it is almost six thousand years since all the angels in Heaven
fell into a sea of wonder at this great Salvation; it is almost six thousand
years since Abel fell into a sea of wonder at this great Salvation; and what
think ye is his exercise this day? He is even now wondering at this great
salvation.” (Andrew Gray 1805-1861)
Verse 6. “For who in the Heaven can be compared
unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? The Dutch have translated these words, ‘Who can be shadowed
with Him?’, that is, they are not worthy to be accounted shadows unto such a
comparison with Him.” (Thomas Goodwin,1600-1679)
Thought: What a Divine blessing to be included
in the Lord God’s Eternal Covenant!