Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 135:2
Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, that is, the priests and Levites, as the ministers of the Lord in a special sense,
Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, that is, the priests and Levites, as the ministers of the Lord in a special sense,
Verse Psalms 135:2. _YE THAT STAND_] Priests and Levites. For which he gives several reasons....
YE THAT STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD - See the notes at Psalms 134:1. That is, those who were appointed to conduct the services of religion, the priests and Levites. IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF OU...
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...
THE COURTS. This includes the People as well as the priests and Levites....
A call to Jehovah's servants to praise Him, since he has chosen Israel to be His own people....
_Ye that stand_&c. As in Psalms 134:1, those who minister in the Temple and its precincts are summoned to praise. It is less natural to suppose that the first line refers to the priests and Levites, a...
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
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, YE THAT STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD - the priests and Levites. IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD - the peopl...
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
שֶׁ֣֭ עֹֽמְדִים בְּ בֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝ חַצְרֹ
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...
Ye that (a) stand in the house of the LORD, in the (b) courts of the house of our God, (a) You Levites who are in his sanctuary. (b) Meaning, the people: for the people and Levites had their courts,...
_Gods. Angels, kings, (Theodoret) or idols. (St. Augustine) --- God is over all. (Calmet)_...
The arguments here made use of for giving praises to the Lord, are very plain and unanswerable. Jehovah is to be praised on his own account, for his greatness, goodness, glory. He is to be praised on...
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...
YE THAT STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... That have a place and standing there, and go not out, being sons as well as servants; Psalms 134:1 and Psalms 84:4; IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD...
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, Ver. 2. _Ye that stand in the house_] See Psalms 134:1 . _ In the courts_] Where the people also had a place, 2 Chronic...
_O ye servants of the Lord_ Ye priests and Levites, as in the former Psalm, or the people; _that stand in the courts_, &c. Either in the sanctuary or the inner court, both which were appropriated to t...
1-4 The subject-matter of praise, is the blessings of grace flowing from the everlasting love of God. The name of God as a covenant God and Father in Christ, blessing us with all spiritual blessings i...
Either in the temple or the inner court, which were appropriated to the priests and Levites; or in the outward court, which was for the people. See 2 CHRONICLES 4:9....
Psalms 135:2 stand H5975 (H8802) house H1004 LORD H3068 courts H2691 house H1004 God H430 that stand -...
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. ⇐
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 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 23:30; Luke 2:37; Nehemiah 9:5;...
Ye — Ye priest and Levites....