_MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO GOD, ALL YE LANDS:_ Psalms 66:1.-Thanksgiving for deliverance. All the earth is invited to praise God for the marvels performed for His people (Psalms 66:1); the marvels, especially His turning the sea into dry land (Psalms 66:5); ground of praise, in that He brought His pe... [ Continue Reading ]
_SING FORTH THE HONOUR OF HIS NAME: MAKE HIS PRAISE GLORIOUS._ Sing forth the honour (glory) of his name - i:e., 'the glory which belongs to Him because of His power and goodness manifested in His acts' (Psalms 29:1). MAKE HIS PRAISE GLORIOUS - Hebrew, 'make His hymn a glory;' i:e., praise Him wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_SAY UNTO GOD, HOW TERRIBLE ART THOU IN THY WORKS! THROUGH THE GREATNESS OF THY POWER SHALL THINE ENEMIES SUBMIT THEMSELVES UNTO THEE._ Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee - literally, 'feign (submission) to thee' (Psalms 18:44; Psalms 81:15). God's te... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE EARTH SHALL WORSHIP THEE, AND SHALL SING UNTO THEE; THEY SHALL SING TO THY NAME. SELAH._ All the earth shall worship thee - (Psalms 22:27.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_COME AND SEE THE WORKS OF GOD: HE IS TERRIBLE IN HIS DOING TOWARD THE CHILDREN OF MEN._ Come and see the works of God. Psalms 46:8 was probably written shortly before (cf. introductory remarks). The Church at all times appeals to the world, "Come and see" as Jesus said to the two disciples of John... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE TURNED THE SEA INTO DRY LAND: THEY WENT THROUGH THE FLOOD ON FOOT: THERE DID WE REJOICE IN HIM._ He turned the sea into dry land - both the waters of the Red Sea and those of the Jordan. This drying up of seas of obstacles which oppose His people's course is continually being acted over again,... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE RULETH BY HIS POWER FOR EVER; HIS EYES BEHOLD THE NATIONS: LET NOT THE REBELLIOUS EXALT THEMSELVES. SELAH._ His eyes behold the nations - `His eyes look forth among the people.' From his heavenly watch-tower He beholds all the enemy's proud and malicious efforts against His Church. LET NOT TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_O BLESS OUR GOD, YE PEOPLE, AND MAKE THE VOICE OF HIS PRAISE TO BE HEARD:_ -The sore trouble out of which God brought His people into a wealthy place; praise to God accordingly. Verse 8,9. O BLESS OUR GOD ... WHICH HOLDETH (HEBREW, PUTTETH) OUR SOUL IN LIFE - i:e., restores us to life from our po... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL GO INTO THY HOUSE WITH BURNT OFFERINGS: I WILL PAY THEE MY VOWS_ _ I WILL GO INTO THY HOUSE WITH BURNT OFFERINGS: I WILL PAY THEE MY VOWS,_ I will pay thee my vows. He speaks as personifying the elect nation. The outward vows represent the inward devotion and gratitude.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH MY LIPS HAVE UTTERED, AND MY MOUTH HATH SPOKEN, WHEN I WAS IN TROUBLE._ Which my lips have uttered - literally, have opened; i:e., vehemently uttered when in pain.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL OFFER UNTO THEE BURNT SACRIFICES OF FATLINGS, WITH THE INCENSE OF RAMS; I WILL OFFER BULLOCKS WITH GOATS. SELAH._ With the incense of rams - i:e., their burned fat. I WILL OFFER BULLOCKS - literally, 'I will make;' hence, 'I will set in order.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_COME AND HEAR, ALL YE THAT FEAR GOD, AND I WILL DECLARE WHAT HE HATH DONE FOR MY SOUL._ Come and hear, all ye that fear God - answering to "come and see" (Psalms 66:5). As the former exhortation constrains men to fear God, by the thought of His 'terrible doings,' so this invites them by the consid... [ Continue Reading ]
_I CRIED UNTO HIM WITH MY MOUTH, AND HE WAS EXTOLLED WITH MY TONGUE._ I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue - literally, 'an extolling (of Him was) under my tongue,' implying fullness of praise (Psalms 10:7). A store of praise being conceived as under the tongue, whence... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF I REGARD INIQUITY IN MY HEART, THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR ME:_ If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me - rather 'If I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have heard me' (Job 35:12; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:2; John 9:31; 1 John 3:22). Integrity of aim, with purity... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT VERILY GOD HATH HEARD ME; HE HATH ATTENDED TO THE VOICE OF MY PRAYER._ But verily God hath heard me - which proves that no such hindrance to my deliverance as arises from hypocrisy or willful and habitual sin existed in my case. Conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED BE GOD, WHICH HATH NOT TURNED AWAY MY PRAYER, NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME._ Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer - namely, from Himself. NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME. The hearing of our prayers is due, not to our merits, but to God's "mercy" (Muis). NOR HIS MERCY FROM ME. The hearing... [ Continue Reading ]