Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
The psalm to which this appeal belongs is bound up with the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives in Babylon, especially in the later period of that captivity under Belshazzar, when they cried to God for help with assurance of final deliverance from their persecutors. It is prophetic of David and of his greater Son, Jesus Christ. It is David's prophetic song of deliverance.
The reproach of God's servants is borne because the promised Anointed One had not yet come, and the long apparent delay in the coming of the Messiah and the fulfillment of God's promises gave occasion for scorn. The servants were taunted that God's promise to David had failed and that the Messiah would never appear, and the prayer asks God to remember this shame and the enemies' reproach against His Anointed. The psalmist carries in his bosom the disgrace laid on the servants by all the mighty peoples and by God's enemies, who reproach the footsteps of the anointed one.
David in the psalm is a type of Christ, the Son of David who reigns on David's throne, and its language about God's firstborn and an enduring kingdom applies to Christ and His everlasting rule. The psalm testifies that Christ is destined to reign as King on the throne promised to David in God's coming kingdom on earth. The eighty-ninth psalm bears on the return of the Jews, the reign of Christ, and the inheritance of the saints.
The psalm shows the steadfastness and faithfulness of God in keeping covenant with His children. God's covenant stands fast with Christ, affirming the continuing force of God's covenant and law. The kingdom promise to Jacob's descendants is conditional; they forfeited it under the old covenant and can regain it only through an interest in Jesus, who is now Prince and will soon be crowned King.
The psalm to which this appeal belongs is bound up with the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives in Babylon, especially in the later period of that captivity under Belshazzar, when they cried to God for help with assurance of final deliverance from their persecutors. It is prophetic of David and of his greater Son, Jesus Christ. It is David's prophetic song of deliverance.
The reproach of God's servants is borne because the promised Anointed One had not yet come, and the long apparent delay in the coming of the Messiah and the fulfillment of God's promises gave occasion for scorn. The servants were taunted that God's promise to David had failed and that the Messiah would never appear, and the prayer asks God to remember this shame and the enemies' reproach against His Anointed. The psalmist carries in his bosom the disgrace laid on the servants by all the mighty peoples and by God's enemies, who reproach the footsteps of the anointed one.
David in the psalm is a type of Christ, the Son of David who reigns on David's throne, and its language about God's firstborn and an enduring kingdom applies to Christ and His everlasting rule. The psalm testifies that Christ is destined to reign as King on the throne promised to David in God's coming kingdom on earth. The eighty-ninth psalm bears on the return of the Jews, the reign of Christ, and the inheritance of the saints.
The psalm shows the steadfastness and faithfulness of God in keeping covenant with His children. God's covenant stands fast with Christ, affirming the continuing force of God's covenant and law. The kingdom promise to Jacob's descendants is conditional; they forfeited it under the old covenant and can regain it only through an interest in Jesus, who is now Prince and will soon be crowned King.