Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
36. Cp. Psa 89:4 ; Psa 89:29; Psa 72:5; Psa 72:7; Psa 72:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
His seed shall endure forever … – His posterity. See the notes at Psa 89:29. There, the expression is, his throne as the days of heaven. Here it is, his throne as the sun before me. The meaning is the same. It would stand through all time. Compare the notes at Psa 72:5.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 89:36
As the sun
The sun as an emblem of God
The sun has always been an object so full of mystery and amazing quality that in a large part of history it was worshipped as a deity, and it is destined in all the remainder of history to be the greatest emblem of God.
It leaves behind it the seven wonders of the old earth and any seven wonders of the new, and makes of itself alone the one matchless object of all physical things and forms. It deals only in the great. Vast in all particulars, it easily became the early god of mankind, and very slowly and with difficulty became disengaged from the Hebrew and classic religions. At last the Christianized multitude has reached the ability to distinguish between the universe and the Maker of the universe; and, stupendous as the bounds of space may be, and sublime as their occupants may be, the modern mind says they are not God. Our sun could not be God, for there are millions of such suns. But, though as a deity our sun is dethroned, it is wonderful in its dethronement. In the spring months, when winter is being daily conquered by the arrows of heat, the mind will not easily escape the feeling that the sun is a vast expression of Divine love. Our sun has called into being a group of worlds. To him must earth, and Mars, and Jupiter, and Saturn, and their companions, give the credit of their very being as well as of their rich decoration, for the central orb is master of the whole scene. He holds all the planets in an orbit, and thus makes years and seasons possible; and thus detaining them as a mother leads her children by the hand, he makes their surfaces into gardens, and compels each globe to be a marvel of beauty. God as a pure spirit being invisible, we are constrained to feel that the universe is only God passing outward from thought into material, and that all these millions of suns with their planets around them are so many incarnations of the Love Infinite. As man came as an image of God, and as Christ came as an image, still closer, of the Father, so the countless suns are shining forth all glorious images of Him whose soul alone is invisible. Should the sun decline in warmth, all the life on our globe would cease. Should the sun increase his warmth all life of animal and plant would be burned up. What love is that which regulates this gigantic fire and makes it flame for ever as the fireside of our Fathers house? If there is such a tremendous scheme for lighting and warming worlds through uncounted ages, may there not be also vast designs of human existence and progress equal, indeed, to all those outlined in religion? If all these physical wonders are for the final happiness of souls, if planets are thus made into the blessed homes of mind, what is to be the destiny of that mind for which such sublime preparations have been made? (D. Swing.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 36. His throne as the sun] Splendid and glorious! dispensing light, heat, life, and salvation to all mankind.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In respect of perpetual duration, as appears both from the foregoing words, and from the following verse.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
28-37. This relation isperpetual with David’s descendants, as a whole typical in officialposition of his last greatest descendant. Hence though in personalrelations any of them might be faithless and so punished, theirtypical relation shall continue. His oath confirms His promise, andthe most enduring objects of earth and heaven illustrate itsperpetual force (Psa 72:5;Psa 72:7; Psa 72:17).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
His seed shall endure for ever,…. This is a confirmation by his oath of what he had before said, Ps 89:29 which may be understood either of the perseverance of particular believers, of everyone of the spiritual seed of Christ; or of the duration of the church in general, throughout all ages, as before observed; and these being matters of moment and importance, and of which there are sometimes doubts in the minds of the Lord’s people about them, and that they may be firmly believed by them, he confirms them with an oath; for God never swears to trivial things; and when he does swear, it is to remove the doubts of his people, and make their minds easy:
and his throne as the sun before me; that is, shall continue as long as it does; see Ps 89:29, or shall be bright, splendid, and glorious as the sun, so the Targum,
“and his throne light as the sun before me;”
meaning his church and kingdom, of which the throne is an emblem, and which became so in Gospel times, clear and lucid as the sun, So 6:10, when day was made by the rising of the sun of righteousness, and by the bright shining of the Gospel ministry; and at particular periods since, as in the times of Constantine, when the church was clothed with the sun, and at the Reformation, when Christ appeared with a rainbow on his head, and his face was as the sun, Re 12:1 and especially this will be the case of the church in the latter day, when the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun seven fold, as the light of seven days; and when the city, the church, will stand in no need of the sun, nor of the moon; and also in the ultimate glory, when the saints will shine as the sun in the kingdom of God; see Isa 30:26. This passage is applied to the Messiah by the Jews a.
a Zohar in Gen. fol. 30. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
36. His seed shall endure for ever. There now follows the promise that the right of sovereignty shall always remain with the posterity of David. These two things — his offspring and his throne, are conjoined; and by these words the everlasting duration of the kingdom is promised, so that it should never pass to those who were of a strange and different race. The sun and the moon are produced as witnesses; for although they are creatures subject to corruption, they yet possess more stability than the earth or air; the elements, as we see, being subject to continual changes. As the whole of this lower world is subject to unceasing agitation and change, there is presented to us a more steadfast state of things in the sun and moon, that the kingdom of David might not be estimated according to the common order of nature. Since, however, this royal throne was shaken in the time of Rehoboam, as we have before had occasion to remark, and afterwards broken down and overthrown, it follows that this prophecy cannot be limited to David. For although at length the outward majesty of this kingdom was put an end to without hope of being re-established, the sun ceased not to shine by day, nor the moon by night. Accordingly, until we come to Christ, God might seem to be unfaithful to his promises. But in the branch which sprung from the root of Jesse, these words were fulfilled in their fullest sense. (552)
(552) “ Once. Emphatic. It needs not to be repeated: nor will be.” — Walford.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Ver. 36. His seed shall endure for ever ] Christ “shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days; and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands,” Isa 53:10 filiabitur nomine eius, Psa 72:17 . See there.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
His seed, &c. Compare Joh 12:34.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
seed: Psa 89:4, Psa 89:29, 2Sa 7:16, Isa 53:10, Isa 59:21, Joh 12:34
and: Psa 72:5, Psa 72:17, Isa 9:7, Jer 33:20, Luk 1:33
Reciprocal: Gen 49:26 – everlasting hills 2Sa 7:13 – I will stablish 2Sa 7:26 – before thee 2Sa 22:51 – seed 2Sa 23:4 – as the light 1Ki 1:34 – Zadok 1Ki 2:12 – his kingdom 1Ki 2:33 – his house 1Ch 17:12 – I will 1Ch 17:14 – in mine 1Ch 22:10 – I will establish 2Ch 23:3 – as the Lord Psa 2:6 – Yet Psa 21:4 – length Psa 45:6 – throne Psa 61:6 – many generations Psa 72:8 – He shall Psa 108:7 – spoken Psa 136:9 – The moon and stars Psa 148:3 – sun Pro 27:24 – doth Ecc 1:5 – sun Jer 31:35 – which giveth Jer 31:36 – those Mat 1:1 – the son of David Rom 1:3 – which Rev 1:5 – who is
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 89:36-37. His throne as the sun before me In respect of perpetual duration, as appears, both from the foregoing and following words. It shall be established as the moon As the moon, though subject to eclipses, and frequent and manifold changes, yet doth constantly and perpetually remain in heaven, as a witness of my covenant of the night, as it is called Jer 33:20, so shall the house and kingdom of David continue for ever. And as a faithful witness in heaven By which may be meant either, 1st, The moon last mentioned, which was to be a faithful witness to this promise of God so long as it continued in the heavens; or the rainbow, which, though in itself it be unstable and transient, and doth but seldom appear, yet in Scripture is mentioned as Gods faithful and perpetual witness, being called a token of Gods everlasting covenant, between him and every living creature for perpetual generations, Gen 9:12-16.