
Text -- Psalms 89:18 (NET)




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JFB: Psa 89:18 - -- (Margin). Thus is introduced the promise to "our shield," "our king," David.||
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(Margin). Thus is introduced the promise to "our shield," "our king," David.|| 15346||1||19||0||@Then==--when the covenant was established, of whose execution the exalted views of God now given furnish assurance.

JFB: Psa 89:18 - -- Or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15).
Or godly saint, object of favor (Psa 4:3). Nathan is meant (2Sa 7:17; 1Ch 17:3-15).

Literally, "given help." David was chosen and then exalted.
Calvin -> Psa 89:18
Calvin: Psa 89:18 - -- 18.For to Jehovah is our buckler As the chief protection of the people was in the person of their king, it is here expressly shown, that the maintena...
18.For to Jehovah is our buckler As the chief protection of the people was in the person of their king, it is here expressly shown, that the maintenance of the welfare of the faithful by his instrumentality is the gift of God. But it is to be noticed, that the prophet’s mind was not so fixed upon this temporal and transitory kingdom as to neglect, at the same time, to consider the end of it, as we shall presently see. He knew that it was only on account of Christ that God made his favor to flow upon the head of the Church, and from thence upon the whole body. And, in the first place, while he calls the king metaphorically a buckler, — a figurative expression frequently employed in Scripture, — he confesses that when the people are defended by his hand and working, it is nevertheless done by the providence of God, and is thus to be traced to a higher source than human agency. The same thing is again repeated in the second clause, in which it is affirmed, that the king was given by God to govern the people; and that, therefore, the defense which comes from the king is a blessing of God. Moreover, we must remember that what is said of this kingdom, which was a shadow of something greater, properly applies to the person of Christ, whom the Father has given to us to be the guardian of our welfare, that we may be maintained and defended by his power.
TSK -> Psa 89:18
TSK: Psa 89:18 - -- the Lord is : etc. or, our Shield is of the Lord, and our King is of the Holy One of Israel, Psa 47:9, Psa 62:1, Psa 62:2, Psa 62:6, Psa 84:11, Psa 91...

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Barnes -> Psa 89:18
Barnes: Psa 89:18 - -- For the Lord is our defense - Margin, "Our shield is of the Lord."The original word rendered "defense,"is shield. Compare Psa 5:12, note; Psa 3...
For the Lord is our defense - Margin, "Our shield is of the Lord."The original word rendered "defense,"is shield. Compare Psa 5:12, note; Psa 33:20, note; Psa 59:11, note. The meaning is, that protection was to be found in God alone. The true construction of this verse is, "For to Yahweh (belongs) our shield, and to the Holy One of Israel our king."That is, All that they had, and all that they relied on as a defense, belonged to God, or was of God; in other words, their very protectors were themselves protected by Yahweh. They had no other defense; nothing else on which they could depend.
Poole -> Psa 89:18
Poole: Psa 89:18 - -- This verse gives a reason of the psalmist’ s confidence that their horn would be exalted.
The Holy One of Israel is our King having therefore...
This verse gives a reason of the psalmist’ s confidence that their horn would be exalted.
The Holy One of Israel is our King having therefore so potent a Friend, we have no reason to despair of our restitution to our former felicity. Or, as the words may well be, and are by divers, rendered, Of or from the Lord is or was our shield , (to wit, our king, as it is explained in the next branch of the verse, compared with Psa 47:9 ) and of or from the Holy One of Israel , i.e. the Lord, who is oft so called, is or was our king . He gave us our king and royal family at first, and therefore he can easily restore it when he sees it fit.
Gill -> Psa 89:18
Gill: Psa 89:18 - -- For the Lord is our defence,.... From all their enemies, being all around them, as a wall of fire to protect them, and as the mountains were round abo...
For the Lord is our defence,.... From all their enemies, being all around them, as a wall of fire to protect them, and as the mountains were round about Jerusalem, and being kept by his power as in a fortress, strong hold, or garrison, unto salvation; or our shield f; see Psa 84:9 as are his favour, righteousness, and salvation, Psa 5:12 or "to the Lord belongs our defence or shield" g our protection and salvation is from him:
and the Holy One of Israel is our King; he who was to be, and is of Israel according to the flesh, and is holy in his nature, life, and office; he is King of saints, that rules over them, protects and defends them, and therefore they must be happy: or "to" or "with the Holy One of Israel is our king" h; Christ is King of Zion by designation, appointment, and constitution, of God the Holy One of Israel, the holy God that has chosen Israel for his peculiar people; though it rather seems that Christ is the Holy One by what follows.

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NET Notes: Psa 89:18 The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The Lord’s holiness i...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 89:18
Geneva Bible: Psa 89:18 For the LORD [is] our ( p ) defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
( p ) In that our King has power to defend us, it is the gift of God.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 89:1-52
TSK Synopsis: Psa 89:1-52 - --1 The psalmist praises God for his covenant;5 for his wonderful power;15 for the care of his church;19 for his favour to the kingdom of David.38 Then ...
MHCC -> Psa 89:15-18
MHCC: Psa 89:15-18 - --Happy are those who so know the joyful sound of the gospel as to obey it; who experience its power upon their hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 89:15-18
Matthew Henry: Psa 89:15-18 - -- The psalmist, having largely shown the blessedness of the God of Israel, here shows the blessedness of the Israel of God. As there is none like unt...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 89:15-18
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 89:15-18 - --
The poet has now described what kind of God He is upon whose promise the royal house in Israel depends. Blessed, then, is the people that walks in t...
Constable: Psa 73:1--89:52 - --I. Book 3: chs 73--89
A man or men named Asaph wrote 17 of the psalms in this book (Pss. 73-83). Other writers w...

Constable: Psa 89:1-52 - --Psalm 89
The writer of this royal psalm was Ethan, another wise Levitical musician in David's service (1...
