See note on the superscription of Psa. 32.

Psalm 89, especially vv. 3-4, 19-29, and vv. 34-37, unveils the intention of God that Christ, His Anointed, would possess the entire earth. In vv. 19-20 Christ, the unique One in God’s record (Psa. 87:6), has become God’s Holy One, God’s mighty One, God’s anointed One (Acts 2:27; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 1:16). He calls God His Father and His God (v. 26; John 20:17). He has become the Firstborn and “the highest of the kings of the earth” (v. 27; Rom. 8:29; Rev. 1:5a). His throne will be like the sun before God; it will be established forever like the moon (vv. 36-37; 72:5). God will establish His seed forever and “His throne as the days of heaven” (v. 29). God will extend the territory of this unique One so that He will possess the entire earth, setting “His hand on the sea and His right hand on the rivers” (v. 25; cf. Rev. 10:1-2). The sea probably refers to the Mediterranean Sea, the center of the populated earth. That Christ’s territory will be extended to all the rivers indicates that Christ will possess all the parts of the earth, signified by their rivers; that is, He will possess the whole earth (Psa. 2:8). Both Book Two and Book Three end with the extension of God’s kingdom to the whole earth (Psa. 72:8, 11, 19; 89:25, 27).

A shortened form of Jehovah.

I.e., Egypt.

Righteousness and justice, two of the main attributes of God’s divine nature, are the foundation of God’s throne. This corresponds with the fact that the foundation of God’s throne in the New Jerusalem is pure gold, signifying God’s nature in the attributes of righteousness and justice (Rev. 21:18b; Rev. 22:1). See note Isa. 32:1².

Or, beauty.

Some MSS read, holy ones.

Referring to Christ, typified here by David (cf. Jer. 30:9; Ezek. 34:23; Hosea 3:5; Amos 9:11).

Many MSS read, Jehovah.