The Very Heavens

Psalms 89:2 KJV

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

The Psalm is set in a time of difficulty and trial in the Davidic kingdom. The setting is difficult to ascertain but was likely after the death of Solomon and during those years of decline in Judah. It is possible even that it is after Josiah and the Davidic throne has been annihilated through Babylonian captivity. At any rate these were dark days for David's family.

But though the Psalm describes this darkness, the theme of the Psalm is something different; it is a declaration of the assurance that God will fulfill His promise to David of an everlasting throne. The Psalmist uses the very heavens as his testament that God is faithful to his promises.

• Just as the sun rises and sets every day;
• Just as the course of the stars is so sure that mariners have used them to guide their path through the endless oceans for millennia

so sure is the Psalmist that God’s promises to David are sure.

And so sure may we be that God’s promises, yea, God’s very Word is true and faithful and sure.