He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
He maketh peace in thy borders (Isaiah 60:17 ), and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat - literally, 'with the fat of wheat' (). Thus God was now fulfilling His promise in .
Verse Psalms 147:14. _HE MAKETH PEACE_] They were now no longer troubled with the Samaritans, Moabites, c....
HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS - Margin, he maketh thy border peace. The word border here refers to a boundary, and stands for all the domain or territory included within the boundaries of a country....
PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...
CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe how...
PEACE IN THY BORDERS. thy borders peace....
Zion is summoned to praise Jehovah for the blessings of peace and prosperity. The Lord of Nature is He Who has endowed Israel with unique privileges....
satisfleth _thee_with _the_fat _of wheat_ Fulfilling His ancient promises. Cp. Psalms 81:16; Deuteronomy 32:14....
DISCOURSE: 748 TEMPORAL MERCIES A GROUND OF PRAISE [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for Peace, written January 18, 1816. It is not to be supposed that the same circumstances will ever occur again; and there...
PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...
147:14 wheat. (a-15) Lit 'the fat of wheat.'...
A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "If God makes the grass green (so that it looks right), how much more will
MAKETH PEACE. — Or, _placing as thy border peace._ FINEST OF THE WHEAT. — Literally, _fat of wheat._ (See Psalms 81:16.)...
הַ שָּׂם ־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁלֹ֑ום חֵ֥לֶב חִ֝טִּ֗ים...
Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two fo
PEACE AND PROSPERITY Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The _thee_ and _thou_ justify the application of the psalm to the spiritual cond...
In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....
New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3. And how are...
In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...
HE MAKETH PEACE [IN] THY BORDERS,.... Which are usually most infested by enemies, It may denote the universality of peace throughout the land, in all the parts and borders of it; and be understood of...
He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Ver. 14. _He maketh peace in thy borders_] Peace, peace, Isaiah 26:3, peace of country and of conscience. _ And fill...
_For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates_ Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection. They had walls and gates, and kept their gates barred in time of da...
HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....
He maketh peace in thy borders, enabling His congregation to be built up without the disturbing and distracting influences of steady warfare, AND FILLETH THEE WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT, with the ri...
HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS: _ Heb._ who maketh thy border peace...
12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these ar...
In thy borders; in all thy land, even to its utmost borders, which are most liable to the incursion of enemies....
Psalms 147:14 makes H7760 (H8802) peace H7965 borders H1366 fills H7646 (H8686) finest H2459 wheat H2406...
This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is accepta...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a r...
This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1. For it is good to sing...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...
This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all th...
_He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates._ PIETY EXULTING IN DIVINE GOODNESS I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand of God-- 1. In the rebuilding of the city (verse...
_He maketh peace in thy borders._ PEACE AT HOME AND PROSPERITY ABROAD: A MISSIONARY SERMON The prosperity of the Church is described in this psalm. I. What are the points which constitute the health...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:12 Jerusalem, representing all of God’s people, should PRAISE THE LORD. He alone provides security and prosperity (vv....
INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...
EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...
Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...
1 Chronicles 22:9; Deuteronomy 32:14; Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8;...
Borders — In all thy land, even to its utmost borders....