Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We opened today with Psalm 89, which was written by a guy named Ethan. This is possibly the only

psalm he wrote, but some people think he also went by the name Juduthan, who wrote two other Psalms. There are a few really confusing things in this chapter,

so let's walk through them. First, verse 10 tells us that God destroyed Rehab. Crushed Rehab like

a carcass is actually what the ESV says. If you don't have a study Bible and you didn't Google

this, you might be like,

I thought they saved Rehab. I don't recall any carcass crushing. You're right. This isn't talking

about Rehab the Canaanite. The words are spelled the same in Hebrew, but pronounced differently,

kind of like our words wind and wind or live and live. This version of the word most likely

refers to either Egypt

or to a mythological beast who causes chaos.

So this verse is either showing God's victory over a world power

or just over chaos itself.

You may have also seen in verse 27 that David is called the firstborn here,

and that may be confusing,

because as we've talked about previously, Jesus is the firstborn. Yes and yes, two firstborn here, and that may be confusing, because as we've talked about previously,

Jesus is the firstborn. Yes, and yes, two firstborns. Actually three, because Israel is called

the firstborn of a people group, and David is the firstborn of the kingly line God has established,

and Jesus is the firstborn, the exalted David, the fulfillment of prophecies.

There are lots of prophetic elements to this Psalm, so while it can refer to something at the

present time of David, it can also simultaneously refer to something else and something greater.

Near the end, in verses 38 to 45, Ethan accuses God of forsaking Israel. And yes, it feels like that.

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