George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 135:7
Lights. The stars, (St. Jerome) or the sun and moon, ver. 8., and Genesis i. 16. (Calmet) --- All are great lights, though the moon be comparatively small. (Berthier)
Lights. The stars, (St. Jerome) or the sun and moon, ver. 8., and Genesis i. 16. (Calmet) --- All are great lights, though the moon be comparatively small. (Berthier)
Verse Psalms 135:7. _HE CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND_] Dr. Shaw thinks that the account here refers to the _autumnal_ rains in the east. Of them he speaks as follows: "Seldom a night passes without...
HE CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - The word rendered vapors means literally risings; things raised up; and it may be applied, therefore, to vapors or clouds. The Septuagint,...
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...
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Psalms 135:7 with Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16. TREASURIES. Hebrew. treasures, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for treasuries (App-6), and right...
Jehovah's greatness and sovereignty exhibited in Nature....
Taken almost verbatim from Jeremiah 10:13 (Psalms 51:16), where the words occur in a similar context, contrasting Jehovah with idols. _from the ends of the earth_ From the most remote quarters; so tha...
HE CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND, &C.— Dr. Russel, in his description of the weather at Aleppo in September, tells us, that seldom a night passes without much _lightning_ in the north-west quarter, bu...
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
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. HE CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND FROM THE ENDS OF THE EA...
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...
FOR THE RAIN] i.e. to produce rain, as it was thought: cp. Zechariah 10:1 RV. TREASURIES] storehouses, where, according to ancient belief, the winds were kept. 10, 11. Cp. Numbers 21:24....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A SONG OF *PRAISE TO GOD PSALMS 135 They went out and talked about (Jesus) everywhere (Matthew 9:31
Adapted from Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16. CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND. — Mr. Burgess is undoubtedly right in referring this to the _mist_ which went up from the earth, and watered the whole face...
מַֽעֲלֶ֣ה נְשִׂאִים֮ מִ קְצֵ֪ה הָ֫ אָ֥רֶץ בְּ
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...
The Psalmist here praises the Lord in the contemplation of the blessings of his providence, whose power is absolute, and admits of no control....
7._Causing the clouds to ascend _The Psalmist touches upon one or two particulars, in illustration of the point that nothing takes place of itself, but by the hand and counsel of God. Our understandin...
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...
HE CAUSETH THE VAPOURS TO ASCEND FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH,.... Up to the heavens. Aben Ezra interprets this of the mist which went up out of the earth, and watered it, Genesis 2:6; and still vapours...
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. Ver. 7. _He causeth the vapours_] Not Jupiter, but Jehovah....
_He causeth the vapours to ascend_, &c. “They who in old time paid their devotions to the elements, imagined those elements to be capable of giving or withholding rain at pleasure. Therefore we find t...
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...
He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth, fashioning them into clouds; HE MAKETH LIGHTNINGS FOR THE RAIN, for the two usually occur together in a thunderstorm; HE BRINGETH THE WIND O...
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...
The vapours; which are the matter of clouds and rain. FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; either, 1. From the sea, the common source of vapours, 1 KINGS 18:44 AMOS 5:8; wherewith both the earth in general, a...
Psalms 135:7 vapors H5387 ascend H5927 (H8688) ends H7097 earth H776 makes H6213 (H8804) lightning H1300 rain...
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 135:5 The psalm moves to another reason to praise the Lord: he IS GREAT and IS ABOVE ALL GODS. This means that whatever the LORD pleases,
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...
1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:41; Genesis 2:5; Genesis 2:6; Jeremiah 10:13
From — From all parts of the earth, from one end to another. Rain — An eminent instance of his good providence....