Psalm 89 praises God as ruler of the universe (verses 1-18) who exercises his rulership over the earth through the king on the throne of David. It reviews God's promise to David (2 Sam 7). In the Davidic covenant God said, "I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens" (Ps 89:29). When the king was disobedient God would punish that king (vv 30-32), but God was committed to David's dynasty. The dynasty might be interrupted, but it would come back eventually.
The last part of Psalm 89 is a lament, coming from a time when the dynasty had been interrupted---either during the rule of a wicked king, or after 587 BC. The psalmist prays that God would restore favor to the Davidic dynasty--in effect, that God would send the Messiah.
In his book Psalms Old and New, Ben Witherington mentions some New Testament points of contact with Psalm 89. Verse 25 ("I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers") can be seen as prefiguring Jesus calming the waters of the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-41). Rev 1:5 describes Jesus as "the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings on earth." The Davidic king is described in similar terms in Ps 89: 27, 37.
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