All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Psalm 89:41 belongs to David's prophetic song of deliverance, which is connected with the triumph of Christ's resurrection. It describes the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives during the Babylonian captivity, especially its later period under Belshazzar, when Jewish persecution and distress were severe. It pictures the casting down of David's personal earthly throne and kingdom because Solomon departed from God and succeeding generations of David's seed did evil, fulfilled when Zedekiah fell captive into the hands of the king of Babylon, with his crown profaned to the ground, his glory ceased, his adversaries set over him, and his kingdom plundered and shamed before surrounding peoples, and for thousands of years no throne and kingdom of David have been possessed by his seed.
The verse states a conditional promise of a kingdom to Israel, which Israel forfeited under the old covenant and can regain only through an interest in Jesus, who is now prince and will soon be crowned King. The mourning in the verse does not cancel God's covenant to establish David's seed and throne forever to all generations; that promise holds firm and pertains to Christ, far greater than David and Solomon, who came from David as his glorious antitype, and to His blessed seed. The psalm witnesses that Christ is destined to reign as King on the throne in God's kingdom on earth.
The verse is appealed to as teaching a future return of the Jews, connected with the reign of Christ and the inheritance of the saints, showing that God still has a special work for the literal Jews in the Christian dispensation. It shows that God's covenant stands fast with Christ, so the commandments belonging to that covenant have not been abolished.
Psalm 89:41 belongs to David's prophetic song of deliverance, which is connected with the triumph of Christ's resurrection. It describes the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives during the Babylonian captivity, especially its later period under Belshazzar, when Jewish persecution and distress were severe. It pictures the casting down of David's personal earthly throne and kingdom because Solomon departed from God and succeeding generations of David's seed did evil, fulfilled when Zedekiah fell captive into the hands of the king of Babylon, with his crown profaned to the ground, his glory ceased, his adversaries set over him, and his kingdom plundered and shamed before surrounding peoples, and for thousands of years no throne and kingdom of David have been possessed by his seed.
The verse states a conditional promise of a kingdom to Israel, which Israel forfeited under the old covenant and can regain only through an interest in Jesus, who is now prince and will soon be crowned King. The mourning in the verse does not cancel God's covenant to establish David's seed and throne forever to all generations; that promise holds firm and pertains to Christ, far greater than David and Solomon, who came from David as his glorious antitype, and to His blessed seed. The psalm witnesses that Christ is destined to reign as King on the throne in God's kingdom on earth.
The verse is appealed to as teaching a future return of the Jews, connected with the reign of Christ and the inheritance of the saints, showing that God still has a special work for the literal Jews in the Christian dispensation. It shows that God's covenant stands fast with Christ, so the commandments belonging to that covenant have not been abolished.