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Psalm 89:25

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

23I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
25I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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A hand stretched over sea and rivers pictures the reach of royal rule, while God remains the one who grants that reach.

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Psalm 80:11It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.Both verses use sea and river imagery to describe an extensive reach, though one pictures a king’s hand and the other branches.
Psalm 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.Both describe the breadth of royal dominion through the language of sea and river.
Psalm 2:8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.Both portray God as the giver of a king’s far-reaching rule.
1 Kings 4:21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the …The rivers marking the king’s reach in the psalm echo the River marking the extent of Solomon’s rule.
Revelation 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. He will …Both speak of royal rule under God’s authority; Revelation names the Lord and his Christ and declares an everlasting reign.
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The vast reach pictured here still lies within God’s authority. Even the king exalted above others receives his place and power from God.

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