Psalms 89:10
Psalms 89:10 in Multiple Translations
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
You crushed Rahab the sea-monster to death; by your power you scattered your enemies.
Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.
Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
You are the one who crushed and killed the great sea monster named Rahab. You defeated and scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
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Psalms 89:10 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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אַתָּ֣ה
מ֭וֹשֵׁל
בְּ/גֵא֣וּת
הַ/יָּ֑ם
בְּ/שׂ֥וֹא
גַ֝לָּ֗י/ו
אַתָּ֥ה
תְשַׁבְּחֵֽ/ם
אַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
you(m.s.)
Pron
מ֭וֹשֵׁל
mâshal
H4910
to rule
V-Qal
בְּ/גֵא֣וּת
gêʼûwth
H1348
majesty
Prep | N-fs
הַ/יָּ֑ם
yâm
H3220
West
Art | N-ms
בְּ/שׂ֥וֹא
sôwʼ
H7721
to arise
Prep | V-Qal-Inf-a
גַ֝לָּ֗י/ו
gal
H1530
heap
N-mp | Suff
אַתָּ֥ה
ʼattâh
H859
you(m.s.)
Pron
תְשַׁבְּחֵֽ/ם
shâbach
H7623
to soothe
V-Piel-Imperf-2ms | Suff
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Hebrew Word Reference — Psalms 89:10
אַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
"you(m.s.)"
Pron
You is the translation of a Hebrew word used to address someone directly, like when God says you to someone in the Bible. It can be singular or plural, and is often translated as thee, thou, or ye.
Definition: you (second pers. sing. masc.)
Usage: Occurs in 997 OT verses. KJV: thee, thou, ye, you. See also: Genesis 3:11; Exodus 23:9; Deuteronomy 14:1.
מ֭וֹשֵׁל
mâshal
H4910
"to rule"
V-Qal
To rule means to have power over something or someone, like a king ruling his kingdom, as seen in 1 Samuel. It involves having control and making decisions, like a leader guiding their people. In the Bible, God rules over all things.
Definition: 1) to rule, have dominion, reign 1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rule 1b2) to exercise dominion
Usage: Occurs in 74 OT verses. KJV: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power. See also: Genesis 1:18; Proverbs 16:32; Psalms 8:7.
בְּ/גֵא֣וּת
gêʼûwth
H1348
"majesty"
Prep | N-fs
This term refers to majesty, describing a rising up or swelling, like a column of smoke or the sea, and is used to describe God's power in the Bible.
Definition: 1) majesty 1a) a rising up (of column of smoke) 1b) a swelling (of sea) 1c) majesty (of God) 1d) pride
Usage: Occurs in 8 OT verses. KJV: excellent things, lifting up, majesty, pride, proudly, raging. See also: Psalms 17:10; Isaiah 12:5; Psalms 89:10.
הַ/יָּ֑ם
yâm
H3220
"West"
Art | N-ms
Refers to a large body of water like the Mediterranean Sea or a sea in general, sometimes specifically the west or seaward direction.
Definition: This name means sea, seaward, westward Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
Usage: Occurs in 339 OT verses. KJV: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). See also: Genesis 1:10; Joshua 17:10; Psalms 8:9.
בְּ/שׂ֥וֹא
sôwʼ
H7721
"to arise"
Prep | V-Qal-Inf-a
To arise or get up, this verb is used in the Bible to describe people standing or rising, like Jesus rising from the dead in Matthew 28:6, or getting up to take action, as in Ezekiel 22:19.
Definition: (Qal) rising (infinitive) A grammatical form of na.sa (נָשָׂא ": raise" H5375)
Usage: Occurs in 1 OT verses. KJV: arise. See also: Psalms 89:10.
גַ֝לָּ֗י/ו
gal
H1530
"heap"
N-mp | Suff
A gal is a heap of stones, a spring of water, or a wave, used in various contexts like ratifying a covenant or describing God's chastisement.
Definition: : heap/pile 1) heap, spring, wave, billow 1a) heap (of stones) 1a1) over dead body 1a2) alone 1a3) used in ratifying a covenant 1b) waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah) 1c) spring Also means: gal (גַּל ": wave" H1530H)
Usage: Occurs in 31 OT verses. KJV: billow, heap, spring, wave. See also: Genesis 31:46; Psalms 107:29; Psalms 42:8.
אַתָּ֥ה
ʼattâh
H859
"you(m.s.)"
Pron
You is the translation of a Hebrew word used to address someone directly, like when God says you to someone in the Bible. It can be singular or plural, and is often translated as thee, thou, or ye.
Definition: you (second pers. sing. masc.)
Usage: Occurs in 997 OT verses. KJV: thee, thou, ye, you. See also: Genesis 3:11; Exodus 23:9; Deuteronomy 14:1.
תְשַׁבְּחֵֽ/ם
shâbach
H7623
"to soothe"
V-Piel-Imperf-2ms | Suff
This verb means to praise or commend, often in a loud voice. In Psalm 63:3, David praises God with his voice. The KJV translates it as 'praise' or 'commend'.
Definition: 1) to soothe, still, stroke 1a) (Piel) to soothe, still 1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
Usage: Occurs in 11 OT verses. KJV: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph. See also: 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalms 117:1; Psalms 63:4.
Study Notes — Psalms 89:10
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- Context
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- Psalms 89:10 Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Reflection Questions
- Gill's Exposition on Psalms 89:10
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:10
- Matthew Poole's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
- Trapp's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
- Ellicott's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
- Cambridge Bible on Psalms 89:10
- Barnes' Notes on Psalms 89:10
- Whedon's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
- Sermons on Psalms 89:10
Context — I Will Sing of His Love Forever
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. 12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
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| 1 | Psalms 87:4 | “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’” |
| 2 | Psalms 68:30 | Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. |
| 3 | Psalms 144:6 | Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. |
| 4 | Deuteronomy 4:34 | Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? |
| 5 | Psalms 59:11 | Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. |
| 6 | Psalms 105:27–45 | They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words. He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers. He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country. He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number. They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor. He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled. Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them. He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah! |
| 7 | Psalms 68:1 | God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. |
| 8 | Exodus 7:1–15 | The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.” So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent. ” So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts. Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs. Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. |
| 9 | Psalms 78:43–72 | when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine. He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame. He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands. |
| 10 | Isaiah 24:1 | Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— |
Psalms 89:10 Summary
[This verse tells us about God's great power and strength, and how He is able to defeat any enemy that comes against Him or His people, as seen in Exodus 15:6. It's like when God parted the Red Sea in Exodus 14:13-31, showing His mighty arm and saving His people from the Egyptians. We can trust in God's power and faithfulness, just like the psalmist did, and know that He is always with us, as promised in Hebrews 13:5. By trusting in God's mighty arm, we can have peace and confidence, even in the midst of challenging circumstances.]
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 'Rahab' refer to in Psalms 89:10?
In this context, Rahab is likely a reference to the chaotic sea, similar to its use in Job 26:12, where God is described as having 'stilled the waves of the sea' and 'crushed the sea monster, Rahab, with His power'
What is the significance of God's 'mighty arm' in this verse?
The phrase 'mighty arm' is a metaphor for God's powerful action and deliverance, as seen in Exodus 15:6, where it says 'Your right hand, O LORD, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy'
How does this verse relate to God's sovereignty over creation?
This verse highlights God's dominion over all creation, including the forces of nature, as also seen in Psalms 104:6-9, where God is described as having 'covered the earth with the deep as with a garment' and having 'set a boundary that they may not pass'
What can we learn about God's character from this verse?
This verse reveals God's power, faithfulness, and ability to protect and deliver His people, as also seen in Deuteronomy 33:27, where God is described as the 'eternal God' who is the 'refuge' and 'dwelling place' of His people
Reflection Questions
- What are some ways I have experienced God's mighty arm in my own life, and how can I trust Him more fully in times of uncertainty?
- How does the image of God crushing 'Rahab like a carcass' impact my understanding of His power and authority over the forces of evil?
- In what ways can I, like the psalmist, declare God's faithfulness and sovereignty over all creation, and what difference would this make in my daily life?
- What are some areas of my life where I need to trust in God's mighty arm, rather than my own strength or abilities, and how can I surrender these areas to Him?
Gill's Exposition on Psalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain,.... Or Egypt, as in Psalms 87:4 or the Egyptians, and particularly Pharaoh their king; so the Targum explains it, "Rahab or the proud one, this
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:10
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Matthew Poole's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
Rahab; Egypt, as . As one that is slain; thou didst wound them not slightly, but unto death. See .
Trapp's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
Psalms 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.Ver. 10. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces] i.e. Egypt, which is called Rahab for its strength and pride. As one that is slain] Or, as one deadly wounded; as such a one is soon despatched, so here, Vox Halal vulneratum lethaliter designat. Thou hast scattered, &c.] See Isaiah 25:11,
Ellicott's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
(10) Rahab.—See Note, Psalms 87:4. The mention of the sea has carried the poet’s thoughts to the Red Sea and the deliverance from Egypt, which is represented as some huge monster conquered and crushed.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
Verse 10. Thou hast broken Rahab] Thou hast destroyed the power of Egypt, having overthrown the king and its people when they endeavoured to prevent thy people from regaining their liberty. As one that is slain] The whole clause in the original is, אתה דכאת כחלל רהב attah dikkitha kechalal Rahab, "Thou, like a hero, hast broken down Egypt." Dr. Kennicott has largely proved that חלל chalal, which we render wounded, slain, c., means a soldier, warrior, hero and it is certain that this sense agrees better with it than the other in a great number of places. Mr. Berlin translates, Tu contrivisti ut cadaver AEgyptum; "Thou hast bruised down Egypt like a dead carcass." The whole strength of Egypt could avail nothing against thee. Thou didst trample them down as easily as if they had all been dead carcasses.
Cambridge Bible on Psalms 89:10
5–18. The adoring recital of God’s attributes which follows here has a twofold purpose in relation to the subject of the Psalm. It is a plea with God, and it is an encouragement to Israel. His omnipotence guarantees His ability, His faithfulness is the pledge of His will, to perform His promises to David.
Barnes' Notes on Psalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces - Margin, “Egypt.” See the notes at Psalms 87:4. The reference is to the exodus of the Hebrew people, when he destroyed the power of Egypt.
Whedon's Commentary on Psalms 89:10
10. Rahab—Poetic name of Egypt, as a symbol of pride, or tumultuous violence. Psalms 87:4; compare Isaiah 51:9.
Sermons on Psalms 89:10
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Exposition on Psalm 88 by St. Augustine | St. Augustine delves into Psalm 87, exploring the prophetic nature of the Psalm in relation to the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. He highlights the importance of imitating Chris |
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1 Peter 5:13 by John Gill | John Gill expounds on 1 Peter 5:13, discussing the church located in Babylon, which he interprets literally rather than figuratively as Rome. He emphasizes that this church was com |
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Letters: Rev. John Purves, Jedburgh (1) by Andrew Bonar | Andrew Bonar shares his profound experiences during a visit to Jerusalem, expressing the overwhelming joy of being in the Holy Land where biblical events unfolded. He reflects on t |
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A Word for Those Who Want to Know God by Carter Conlon | In this sermon, the speaker focuses on the book of Daniel and how it relates to our modern times. He highlights Daniel's prophecy about an increase in travel and knowledge in the l |
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God Shall Arise and Scatter Our Enemies by David Wilkerson | In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the power of God to arise and scatter the enemies of His people. He references the story of Moses and the Israelites, who called upon God to |
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The Glory of the Last Days by David Wilkerson | In this sermon, the preacher discusses a biblical story where the Israelites were trapped at the Red Sea with the enemy army behind them. He compares this situation to the challeng |
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The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church by C.H. Spurgeon | In this sermon, the preacher begins by describing the victory of Zion over its oppressors, emphasizing the power of God in saving and freeing the people. The sermon then shifts to |