Commentary on Psalms 119 Verse 89

By Jacob R. Blandford

"For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."

(Ps. 119:89)

This passage of Holy Scripture says God’s word has been “settled”. Well, when was it settled? At the Protestant Reformation with the rediscovery of the Textus Receptus by Erasmus, Luther, and Tyndale. And then finally settled in 1611 with King James’ holy Translation.

How in the world did the Reformers throw off Roman Catholic bondage and superstition? Because they had the “settled” (Ps. 119:89), “right” (Ps. 33:4), and “very pure” (Ps. 119:140) word of God! Honey, if the word of God wasn’t “settled” in the 16^th century, there is no way the Protestants would have been able to break away from the iron fist rule of popery; and transform the world with spiritual “light” (Ps. 119:105, 130) at the same time.

And if your Bible wasn’t settled in Philadelphia, you don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of having it settled in these last days of Laodicean apostasy and deception (see 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 4:3). It’s a little late in the game! The Bible says the Philadelphians “kept” God’s word: and they kept it because it was settled then too! The Philadelphian church was the most Bible-minded and Bible-based church of any of the seven churches (see Rev. Ch. 2 & 3)—students of church history know that is true of the church of the Protestant Reformation because before the Reformation was the time period of the Dark Ages from 500-1500 Anno Domini.

To summarize: your English Bible, yea the correct Translation for the universal end-time language of English was “settled” in 1611 by King James I and his translation committee (with the Holy Spirit and the holy angels assisting them mightily). The King James translators accomplished their translation work as a work of Christian faith. “…so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honor that Great God, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour.” (The Epistle Dedicatory)

Don’t get mad at me for believing my Protestant forefathers’ Bible (see Prov. 22:28, 23:10; Jer. 6:16, 18:15).

In Jesus Christ’s name, Amen & Amen.