O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Psalms 105:1.-God's holiness and power manifested in His past judgments to the seed of Abraham is their ground of hope and thanksgiving (Psalms 105:1); God remembers His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob... [ Continue Reading ]
_SING UNTO HIM, SING PSALMS UNTO HIM: TALK YE OF ALL HIS WONDROUS WORKS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. GLORY YE IN HIS HOLY NAME - (.) God's "holy name" guarantees the deliverance of Israel out of her present troubles, and is therefore mentioned as what ought to be the object of Israel's glorying; whereas the world glory... [ Continue Reading ]
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. SEEK THE LORD, AND HIS STRENGTH. Translate, 'Consult the Lord,' etc. The Hebrew [ daarash (H1875)] is different from "seek" in the next clause of this verse, and in the latter clause of last verse. Here it is 'enquire of,' or 'ask of' with... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; REMEMBER HIS MARVELOUS WORKS THAT HE HATH DONE - (; ; Psalms 78:11). AND THE JUDGMENTS OF HIS MOUTH. As "His marvelous works" are the miracles performed in Egypt, so "the judgments of His mouth" are th... [ Continue Reading ]
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. O YE SEED OF ABRAHAM HIS SERVANT - the ground of hope to the afflicted Jews: they are 'the seed of Abraham, God's servant' or client (), and are therefore heirs of God's promises to Abraham and Jacob (). YE CHILDREN OF JACOB HI... [ Continue Reading ]
He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. HE IS THE LORD OUR GOD. Translate, 'He, Yahweh, is our God.' He, as being 'Yahweh,' the unchangeable fulfiller of His promises to His people (), is still "our God," and will not therefore finally forsake us, low though our present condi... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. - HE HATH REMEMBERED HIS COVENANT FOREVER, THE WORD WHICH HE COMMANDED - or 'ordained' as an unalterable "law" (): cf. ). His "covenant" is (as the parallel word explains) His "word" of promise that I... [ Continue Reading ]
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; WHEN THEY WENT FROM ONE NATION TO ANOTHER - and so from one danger to another; now in Egypt, now in Syria, now in Canaan, again among the Philistines. "They" - namely, the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with t... [ Continue Reading ]
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; HE SUFFERED NO MAN TO DO THEM WRONG; YEA, HE REPROVED KINGS FOR THEIR SAKES - Pharaoh of Egypt () for Abraham's sake; Abimelech of Gerar for Isaac's sake (, etc.), to whom chiefly the allusion is.... [ Continue Reading ]
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. (SAYING), TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED - a verbal allusion to . "Mine anointed" is (Hebrew) plural, and is explained by "prophets" in the next clause. AND DO MY PROPHETS NO HARM. The anointing is the sign of the communication of the Spirit... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. -The circumstances leading to the bringing of the heirs of the promise into Egypt. The Providence of God, so far from allowing the promise to come to nought through this, overruled it to become the very means of acc... [ Continue Reading ]
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. AND HE INCREASED HIS PEOPLE GREATLY, MADE THEM STRONGER THAN THEIR ENEMIES - (; , "Behold (said the new Pharaoh to his people), the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.")... [ Continue Reading ]
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. HE TURNED THEIR HEART TO HATE HIS PEOPLE. God judicially dealt with them according to their perversity, in order that they might afford the opportunity for displaying His glorious power in behalf of His people. God con... [ Continue Reading ]
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. HE SENT MOSES ... AND AARON WHOM HE HAD CHOSEN. God's sovereign choice made them the fit instruments for His purpose ().... [ Continue Reading ]
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. THEY SHOWED HIS SIGNS - literally, 'the things (Hebrew, words) of His signs;' i:e., whole series of His signs, (: cf. the same Hebraism, , margin; 145:5, margin.) "Signs" are tokens of His power.... [ Continue Reading ]
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. HE SENT DARKNESS, AND MADE IT DARK. The second last plague is only alluded to (). The "darkness" is mainly figurative. Hence, there follows, as the result the "darkness" which comprises the whole series of ten plagues,... [ Continue Reading ]
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. -The three plagues omitted out of the ten are the murrain of the cattle and the boils, the fifth and the sixth, and the darkness, the ninth; the same which are omitted in the parallel psalm, Psalms 78:1. Verse 29-31. HE ... SLEW THEIR FISH.... [ Continue Reading ]
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. HE SPREAD A CLOUD FOR A COVERING - or protection during their marches. While they were encamped, the cloud rested over the tabernacle (). "The cloud of the Lord was upon (i:e., over) them by day, when they went out of the cam... [ Continue Reading ]
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. HE BROUGHT QUAILS, AND SATISFIED THEM WITH THE BREAD OF HEAVEN - (; , "the grain of heaven ... angel's food;" .) On "satisfied," or filled them to repletion, cf. ; ; .... [ Continue Reading ]
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. HE OPENED THE ROCK, AND THE WATERS GUSHED OUT; THEY RAN IN THE DRY PLACES LIKE A RIVER - (; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. FOR HE REMEMBERED HIS HOLY PROMISE - the ground of His wonderful acts of long-suffering tenderness. (AND) ABRAHAM HIS SERVANT - rather, connected with "promise;" 'His holy promise to Abraham' (). His promise is that engaging the poss... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: AND HE BROUGHT FORTH HIS PEOPLE ... WITH GLADNESS - literally, 'with a shout of ovation' [ rinaah (H7440)].... [ Continue Reading ]
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; AND GAVE THEM THE LANDS OF THE HEATHEN - (.) AND THEY INHERITED THE LABOUR OF THE PEOPLE - Hebrew, peoples; namely, the fruits of their labour, their grain and vineyard ().... [ Continue Reading ]
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. THAT THEY MIGHT OBSERVE HIS STATUTES (; ; .) Thus, the two-fold reason for God's loving dealings with Israel was: (1) Faithfulness to His covenant on His part; (2) That they on their part might obey Him Obedience on the... [ Continue Reading ]