| Geneva Study Bible LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in {a} heaven. (a) Because no one should esteem God's word according to the changes of things in this world, he shows that it abides in heaven, and therefore is immutable. Wesley's Notes 119:89 In heaven - With thee in thy heavenly habitation. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary LAMED. (Ps 119:89-96). 89-91. In all changes God's Word remains firm (1Pe 1:25). Like the heavens, it continually attests God's unfailing power and unchanging care (Ps 89:2). is settled in-that is, stands as firmly as the heaven in which it dwells, and whence it emanated. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 119:89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone. | 
