George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 147:8
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 19. Jacob. These spiritual blessings pertain only to the true Church. (Worthington)
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 19. Jacob. These spiritual blessings pertain only to the true Church. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 147:8. _WHO COVERETH THE HEAVEN WITH CLOUDS_] Collects the vapours together, in order to cause it to rain upon the earth. Even the direction of the winds, the collection of the clouds, an...
WHO COVERETH THE HEAVEN WITH CLOUDS - Clouds that are designed to convey refreshing rain to the earth. The reasons for praise here stated Psalms 147:8 are derived from the goodness of God as exhibited...
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...
MOUNTAINS. The Septuagint adds "and herb for the service of men". From thence it found its way into the Prayer Book Version. Compare Psalms 104:14. Here, the addition is out of place, as "man" is not...
A renewed call to praise Jehovah for His beneficence, and to recognise the conditions of His favour....
Cp. Psalms 104:13-14. _upon the mountains_ Without man's care and cultivation. The LXX adds καὶ χλὁην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων from Psalms 104:14, Vulg. -herbam servituti hominum," which appears in P...
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...
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. WHO COVERETH THE HEAVEN WITH CLOUDS, WHO PREPARETH RAIN FOR THE EARTH, WHO MAKETH...
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
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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
WHY WE PRAISE THE LORD Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enumer...
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)....
Who (f) covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. (f) He shows by the example of God's mighty power, goodness, and wisdom, that h...
I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take delight in those that hope in his mercy; what can be m...
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...
WHO COVERETH THE HEAVEN WITH CLOUDS,.... Which are exhalations of vapours out of the earth, and of waters out of the sea, by the sun, and formed into clouds; which are carried about in the air, and le...
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. Ver. 8. _Who covereth the heaven with clouds_] As 1 Kings 18:45, and still, as ther...
_Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving_ Hebrew, ענו ליהוה בתודה, literally, _answer to the Lord in praise._ “Sing alternately,” which may fairly be supposed to be the sense intended by the psalmist, as...
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....
who covereth the heaven with clouds, to provide moisture to the earth in due season, WHO PREPARETH RAIN FOR THE EARTH, WHO MAKETH GRASS TO GROW UPON THE MOUNTAINS, far from the cultivated fields of th...
1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 147:8 covers H3680 (H8764) heavens H8064 clouds H5645 prepares H3559 (H8688) rain H4306 earth H776 grass...
Psalms 147:7 We might almost assert that this Psalm was composed in spring. Spring, as Eastern travellers tell us, comes with a suddenness and beauty in that bare land of Palestine that we can hardly...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Who covereth the heaven with clouds._ THE SKY It is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. There is not a moment of any day of our lives when Nature is not producing scene...
_Praise ye the Lord._ GENUINE WORSHIP: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the constitution of the human soul. (2) It accords with the D...
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 147:7 The next section moves from God’s universal provision (RAIN, so that all animals have FOOD) to his special care for his faithful....
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 Kings 18:44; 1 Kings 18:45; Acts 14:17; Amos 5:7; Amos 5:8;...