Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 89:14

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face .

i. e. Just judgment or justice in judging, as Ier. 9. 24. & 22. 3. A common figure called Hendiaduo.

Or, the basis or foundation, as this word is used, Ezra 2. 68. & 3. 3. Psal. 97. 2. & 104. 5. the groundwork of all his proceedings and the stability of his Throne and Government. For God could not be the Judge and Ruler of the World if he did not right, Gen. 18. 25. Comp. Prov. 16. 12. The sence and scope of this Verse may be this, Though thy present dispensations in breaking thy Covenant with David, and in suffering his Posterity and thine own people to be devoured by such as are much more wicked than they, be a great deep and secret, yet I rest satisfied that they are just. In like manner the Prophet fortifies himself under the like thoughts, Ier. 12. 1.

As thy Harbengers and Companions wheresoever thou goest. Thou art neither unmerciful nor unfaithful in any of thy dealings.

Marginal references: Or, establishment, or, place.; Psal. 85. 13.