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Psalms 113:1

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

This psalm praises Yahweh as the Raiser of the poor out of the dust: Israel after the captivity primarily, and ultimately after their present dispersion (Psalms 113:1); praise Yahweh from this time forth from the rising to the setting of the sun (Psalms 113:1); His high majesty: yet His stooping to things in heaven and earth (Psalms 113:4); He sets the poor with princes, and giveth the barren children (Psalms 113:7).

Praise ye the Lord - Hallelujah.

O ye servants of the Lord - "the upright ... that fear Him ... His people" (; Psalms 111:5; ; ); "Israel His servant" (; ; ). Praise is one leading service which the Lord's "servants" owe Him.

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See also Psalms 113:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM CXIII _An exhortation to bless God for his own excellencies_, 1-6; _and for his great mercy to the poor and necessitous_, 7-9. NOTES ON PSALM CXIII Psalms 113,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    PRAISE YE THE LORD - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Hallelujah.” See the notes at Psalms 106:1. PRAISE, O YE SERVANTS OF THE LORD - You who profess to serve and obey him; who acknowledge him as your God. In...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 113 Hallelujah! Praise His Name! This third Hallelujah Psalm begins with a Hallelujah and ends with Hallelujah. It is given in the Authorized Version as “Praise ye the Lord” (as in all these...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXIII. GOD ON HIGH CARES FOR THE LOWLY. Psalms 113:7. The dunghill is like Job's, waste and refuse heaped up outside the village and still the refuge of lepers and diseased persons of one kind or ano...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    The third of these three Hallelujah Psalms (111, 113). The Psalms of this group are called the Hallel Psalms (113, 118). Psalms 113 and 114 were sung before the Paschal meal (but after the second of t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, and for his mercy._ THIS and the five following psalms, were by the Jews called הלל _hallel,_ or _hymns;_ they were made use of at the feasts of the n...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 113 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Sublime Simplicity: reaching its Climax by Rejoicing with a Glad Mother! ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 113:1-3, Praise Invited from Jehovah's Servants, for All T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps. begins the group (113-118) known in the Jewish Church as the Hallel Psalms, or Hymns of Praise, from _hillel,_ to praise. They are sung at the Passover Feast—Psalms 113, 114 before the second...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE SERVANTS’ SONG PSALMS 113 THE FIRST EGYPTIAN HALLEL And when Jesus and his friends had sung a psalm, they went out to the *Mount of Olives ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    YE SERVANTS OF THE LORD — _i.e._, Israel. (See Psalms 69:36.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ הַ֭לְלוּ עַבְדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַֽ֝לְלוּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 113:1 THIS pure burst of praise is the first of the psalms composing the Hallel, which was sung at the three great feasts (Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles), as well as at the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MIGHTY GOD UPLIFTETH THE LOWLY Psalms 113:1; Psalms 114:1 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalmed by the ps...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the first of six psalms which constitute the Hallel or Hymn of Praise, which the Hebrews sang at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. This group is necessarily of special interes...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Alleluia. This word is placed at the end of the preceding psalm in Hebrew, though it seems to have been there originally, (Haydock) as [in] ver. 2., we find his, with reference to "the Lord," who has...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The prophet Malachi looking into gospel days, declared, that the name of Jehovah should be great among the Gentiles, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Malachi 1:11. To this mos...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The general subject of this psalm is praise. The sacred writer calls upon all to praise the Lord, from sun-rise to sun-set. Every individual of intelligent creation is supposed to be interes...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1_Praise, ye servants of Jehovah! _This psalm contains abundant reasons for all men without exception to praise God. The faithful alone being endued with spiritual perception to recognize the hand of...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 111 THROUGH 113. Psalms 111-113 go together as a hallelujah in reference to Jehovah's ways with Israel in their deliverance. First, Psalms 111, the works of Jeho...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAISE OF GOD'S MERCY TOWARD THE LOWLY....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PRAISE YE: _ Heb._ Hallelujah...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 113 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is a declaration of God's powerful and universal providence towards all men, and especially towards his afflicted people. An exhortation for all men to praise the Lor...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 113:1 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050 Praise H1984 (H8761) servants H5650 LORD H3068 Praise H1984 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    We will read, this evening, two passages in the Word of God; the first will be Psalms 113:1 . Psalms 113:1. _Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD._ Thre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A call to praise God. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is a duty the believer should much abound in and in which he should be frequently employed, for in every place there appears the m...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This and the five following psalms form the great HALLEL, or hymn of praise, sung at the passover and other festivals of the Jews. They celebrate, as the word imports, the _shinings forth, eradiations...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Praise the name of the Lord._ HIGHEST SERVICE AND THE HIGHEST BEING I. The highest service in which intelligent creatures can engage. What is praise? Not verbal laudation, however enthusiastic in f...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 113:1. This short hymn of praise celebrates the way in which the great God who rules over all takes notice of the lowly. Such a God is indeed worthy to be praised by all man...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION 1. Another of the Hallelujah Psalms 2. Date and authorship unknown. 3. The first of six Psalms in the Jewish liturgy (113–118) termed Hallel, or the Egyptian _Hallel_, as distinguished f...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 113:1-9 begins and ends with Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of Yahweh. Blessed be the name of the LORD (Psalms 113:1-2) Or blessed be the name...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ephesians 5:19; Ephesians 5:20; Mark 2:1; Matthew 26:30; Psalms 103:20

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