“All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.”
The enemies' triumph: "You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice." God's apparent alliance with David's enemies contradicts the promise that God would crush enemies before David. The enemies' joy in David's downfall emphasizes the completeness of the reversal.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:41
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
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