Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 89:42
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
42. Thou hast set up ] R.V. thou hast exalted. Contrast Psa 89:19 ; Psa 89:24.
to rejoice ] The malignant delight of enemies is constantly deprecated as an aggravation of the bitterness of misfortune. Cp. Psa 25:2; Psa 30:1; Psa 35:19; Psa 35:24 ff.; Psa 38:16; and the close parallel in Lam 2:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries – Hast given them the victory. Thou hast suffered them to accomplish their purposes.
Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice – They joy or rejoice in the success of their plans; in their triumphs over thy servant and over his people.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 42. Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries] Thou hast given them that strength which thou didst formerly give to thy own people; therefore these are depressed, those exalted.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Thou hast given them courage, and power, and success.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries,…. Suffered them to become powerful, and to prevail against him; as the wicked Jews, and Satan, and his principalities and powers, at the time of Christ’s apprehension, crucifixion, and death; for then were their hour, and the power of darkness, Lu 22:53, death also had dominion over him, and held him under the power of it for awhile: the enemies of his interest, Rome Pagan, and Rome Papal, have, in their turns, had their right hands set up, and have had power, and prevailed over it; and the latter will again, at the slaying of the witnesses: all which, though it seems contrary to Ps 89:21, yet is not; for Satan, though he bruised Christ’s heel, yet Christ bruised his head, destroyed his works, and him himself, and that by dying; and spoiled his principalities and powers; and death could not hold him long, nor has it now any dominion over him, and is abolished by him; and antichrist, and all the antichristian powers, will be destroyed by him ere long:
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice; as they did when they had got him on the cross; and especially when he was laid in the grave,
Ps 22:7, and as the antichristian party will when his witnesses are slain, Re 11:10, but as the joy of the former was short lived, and was soon turned into sorrow, so will be that of the latter.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors. Here he states that God took part with the enemies of the king; for he was well aware that these enemies could not have prevailed but by the will of God, who inspires some with courage, and renders others faint-hearted. In short, in proportion to the number of the calamities which had befallen the chosen people, was the number of the evidences of their having been forsaken by God; for, so long as he continued his favor, the whole world, by all their machinations, were unable to impair the stability of that kingdom. Had it been said that the enemies of the king obtained the victory, the statement would have been quite true; but it would not have been a mode of expression so obviously fitted to exalt the Divine power; as it might have been thought that men setting themselves in opposition to God had, by their own power, forced their way, and effected their purpose, even against those who enjoyed his protection. Accordingly, the prophet reflects with himself, that unless the Divine anger had been incensed, that kingdom which God had erected could not have been reduced to a condition so extremely wretched.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
42. Set up the right hand To do any thing with an uplifted hand was to do it proudly, defiantly, (Exo 14:8; Num 33:3,) sometimes also rebelliously. 1Ki 11:26. Contrast with Psa 89:21-22
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Ver. 42. Thou hast set up ] Thou seemest to be on their side.
Thou hast made all his enemies
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 26:17, Lev 26:25, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:43, Lam 2:17, Joh 16:20, Rev 11:10
Reciprocal: Lam 1:5 – adversaries Eze 22:4 – have I