Psalmen 89:32

32 Indien zij Mijn inzettingen ontheiligen, en Mijn geboden niet houden;

Psalmen 89:32 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod
That is, of men; as in ( 2 Samuel 7:14 ) , the Lord making use of men to chastise his people by, as he did of the neighbouring nations of the Jews, when they sinned against him; and so the Targum interprets it here,

``I will visit their transgressions by the hands of the tribes of the ungodly;''

or with such afflictions as are common to men, ( 1 Corinthians 10:13 ) , in a kind, humane, moderate way, in measure, in judgment, and not in wrath and hot displeasure; or in such like manner as a man chastises his children, which is in love, ( Deuteronomy 8:5 )

and their iniquity with stripes;
such as diseases of body, loss of relations, crosses and disappointments in the world; not with the stripes of divine vengeance, of vindictive justice, such as Christ, the surety of his people, endured for them; but with the scourges of a father, ( Isaiah 53:8 ) ( Hebrews 12:6 ) .

Psalmen 89:32 In-Context

30 En Ik zal zijn zaad in eeuwigheid zetten, en zijn troon als de dagen der hemelen.
31 Indien zijn kinderen Mijn wet verlaten, en in Mijn rechten niet wandelen;
32 Indien zij Mijn inzettingen ontheiligen, en Mijn geboden niet houden;
33 Zo zal Ik hun overtreding met de roede bezoeken, en hun ongerechtigheid met plagen.
34 Maar Mijn goedertierenheid zal Ik van hem niet wegnemen, en in Mijn getrouwheid niet feilen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.