Psalms 89:12

“Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? etc.] A description of the grave again; (see <181021>Job 10:21,22), The sense may be, should he continue in the dark and silent grave, how would the wonders of the grace of God, of electing, redeeming, justifying, pardoning, and adopting grace, be made known; the wonders of Christ’s person and offices, and the wondrous things, and doctrines of the Gospel, relating thereunto? as the glory of these would be eclipsed, there would be none to publish them: and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? the grave, where the dead lie, who, having lost all sense of things, forget what were done in this world, and they themselves are quickly forgotten by…”

“The north and the south, thou hast created them - All that there is in the north and in the south - in the northern and the southern sky - the constellations and the stars; and all that there is in the earth - in the regions of cold and of heat - far as they extend in either direction. The word rendered “north” here - צפון tsâphôn - means properly that which is hidden or dark, and was applied to the north, because the ancients regarded it as the seat of gloom and darkness. Hom. Od., ix. 25. The south, on the other hand, was regarded by them as illuminated and made bright by the beams of the sun. The word rendered “south” - ימין yâmı̂yn - means literally the right hand, and was applied to…”

“Tabor - The several parts of the land of Canaan, both within Jordan, where mount Tabor is; and without it, where Hermon lies. Rejoice - Shall be fruitful and prosperous, and so give their inhabitants cause to rejoice. In - By thy favour. Psalms 89:14”

“89:12 Mount Tabor was in northern Israel. Mount Hermon formed the extreme northern border of the nation.”

“north: Job 26:7 Tabor: Jos 19:22; Jdg 4:6, Jdg 4:12 Hermon: Psa 133:3; Deu 3:8, Deu 3:9; Jos 12:1 rejoice: Psa 65:12, Psa 65:13; Isa 35:1, Isa 35:2, Isa 49:13, Isa 55:12, Isa 55:13 Psalms 89:13”