Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Psalms 135:10,11
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Who smote ... Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bushan - the first of the subdued kings, and among the most powerful (Amos 2:9).
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Who smote ... Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bushan - the first of the subdued kings, and among the most powerful (Amos 2:9).
WHO SMOTE GREAT NATIONS ... - To wit, those specified in the following verse....
PSALM 135-136 Psalms 135 Israel's Knowledge and Praise of the Lord _ 1. Knowing and praising His Name (Psalms 135:1)_ 2. Deliverances of the past remembered (Psalms 135:8) 3. His Name endu
CXXXV. THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH AND HIS FAVOUR TO ISRAEL. This Ps. is largely borrowed. Thus Psalms 135:7 is from Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 10:10 from...
SMOTE, &C. Compare Numbers 21:26; Numbers 21:34....
_great nations_ Or, many nations. Cp. Deuteronomy 7:1....
Jehovah's sovereignty exhibited in the deliverance of His people from Egypt and their establishment in the land of Canaan....
PSALMS 135 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Call to Temple-Worship. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 135:1-4, A Charge to the Levites to Lead in the Delightful Duty of Praise. Stanza II., Psalms 135:5-7, A Personal
A Ps. of praise suitable for public worship, beginning and ending with the liturgical Hallelujah. It is full of rich mosaics illustrating Jehovah's greatness and the vanity of idols. Psalms 134, 135 w...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A SONG OF *PRAISE TO GOD PSALMS 135 They went out and talked about (Jesus) everywhere (Matthew 9:31
שֶֽׁ֭ הִכָּה גֹּויִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝ הָרַ֗ג מְל
Psalms 135:1 LIKE Psalms 97:1; Psalms 98:1, this is a cento, or piece of mosaic work, apparently intended as a call to worship Jehovah in the Temple. His greatness, as manifested in Nature, and especi...
GOD'S WONDERFUL POWER Psalms 135:1-12 This psalm begins and ends with _Hallelujah._ It contains choice extracts from various psalms, which have been culled as the flowers of a garden are gathered...
After the general movement of this book of the Psalter which has brought us in thought to the ultimate realisation of worship, and before the final psalms of perfected praise, we now have a section (P...
_First-born. Justice was exercised on them, and mercy on Israel. (Calmet)_...
In these verses the Writer adores the riches of God's grace, as instanced in the history of Israel....
10._He smote great nations _He comes now to speak of the end for which God delivered them from their bondage. He did not lead his people out of Egypt, and then leave them to wander as they might, but...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 135 AND 136. Psalms 135 and 136 celebrate Jehovah, who has delivered Israel and now dwells in Jerusalem, and give thanks to Him whose mercy has endured for ever...
WHO SMOTE GREAT NATIONS, AND SLEW MIGHTY KINGS. Or "many nations" l. The seven nations of the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites; the kings of which were m...
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Ver. 10. _Who smote great nations_] Who, by their great sins, had greatly polluted their land; and filled it with filth from one end to another, Ezra 9...
_Who smote great nations_, &c. “The victories gained by Israel over Sihon and Og, in their passage to Canaan, and afterward over the idolatrous kings of that country, are further proofs of the same po...
THE HALLELUJAH OF THE CONGREGATION AND ITS SERVANTS. A hymn setting forth the wonderful relation of God to His Church, His almighty power over all the world, and His mercy in delivering His people, a...
Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings, all those of Canaan and the country east of Jordan, Numbers 21:24;...
5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures f...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 135:10 defeated H5221 (H8689) many H7227 nations H1471 slew H2026 (H8804) mighty H6099 kings H4428...
Psalms 135:1. _Praise ye the LORD._ Or, «Hallelujah.» «Hallelujah» is the key-note of it. So this is one of the Hallelujah Psalms, for so it begins; and if you look at the end, you will see that so i...
Key Word: Bless the Lord, Psalms 135:1. CONTENTS: A call to the servants of God to praise Him for His mighty works. CHARACTERS: God, Pharaoh, Sihon, Og, house of Aaron, house of Levi. CONCLUSION: Je...
This psalm is an enlargement on the subject of the preseding psalm. It calls upon the priests, the levites, and all Israel to praise the name of the Lord, on a review of his mercies to their fathers....
_Praise ye the Lord._ THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF WORSHIP I. In His absolute goodness (Psalms 135:1). He is “good”--essentially, eternally, infinitely, immutably. II. In His relative kindness (verse 4)....
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:1. God’s people are called to praise him for his majestic power, displayed in his deeds on their behalf. ⇐
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:8 The Lord has displayed his great power and his enduring love in the history of Israel. These verses mention the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of the Promised Land. The...
INTRODUCTION “We have now,” says Hengstenberg, “a group of twelve Psalms, sung after the prosperous completion of the Temple, and probably at its dedication, consisting of three new Psalms at the begi...
EXPOSITION A SONG of praise to God (Psalms 135:1, Psalms 135:19) for: 1. His mercies to Israel (Psalms 135:4,...
Psa 135:1-21 is one of those psalms that begins and ends with the word Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD (Psalms 135:1). Hallelujah. Praise the name of Yahweh; praise him, O ye servants of Yahweh. Ye t...
Psalms 136:17; Psalms 44:2; Psalms 44:3...