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Psalm 89:26
He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
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.
28I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
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The king’s cry names God as Father and saving rock, showing that even someone given great authority depends on God for rescue.
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2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;God promises to be a father to David’s son in Samuel; the king in the psalm answers God as Father.
1 Chronicles 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands …The psalm’s king addresses God as his own; David urges Solomon to know and serve the God of his father.
Psalm 62:2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.Both psalms name God as rock and salvation, expressing dependence on him for security.
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,Both passages use the phrase “the rock of my salvation” to name God as the source of rescue.
Psalm 16:2My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”Both passages address God with personal allegiance: the king names him Father and God, while Psalm 16 names him Lord.
Psalm 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Both name God as the rock of salvation, with the king’s personal cry becoming a shared expression in Psalm 95.
Psalm 140:7LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.Both address God as the source of salvation, using rock in Psalm 89 and strength in Psalm 140.
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock …Both name God as the rock of salvation, but Jeshurun rejects the one whom the king in Psalm 89 acknowledges.
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, …Both passages name God as Father and God; Jesus also tells his brothers that God is their Father and God.
Matthew 26:42Again, a second time he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”The king’s promised cry and Jesus’ prayer both address God as Father.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”Both connect God’s saving help with his king; Samuel names David and his offspring as recipients of God’s loving kindness.
1 Chronicles 22:10He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’Chronicles joins God’s promise of fatherhood to an established throne; Psalm 89 depicts the king calling God Father.
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Even the king God exalts needs to call on him. Dependence belongs within this promise: God is the Father he addresses and the rock of his salvation.
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