A Hallelujah to the True Helper.
This psalm, whose author is not known, is the first of the five Hallelujah Psalms with which the psalter closes, an invitation to praise the Lord for the merciful and faithful exercise of His power, especially in acts of kindness to the needy.
PSALM CXLVI _The psalmist, full of gratitude, purposes to praise God for_ _ever_, 1, 2; _and exhorts not to trust in man, not even the most powerful;_ _for which he gives his reasons_, 3, 4. The...
PRAISE YE THE LORD - “Ye” - all people. Margin, Hallelujah. See Psalms 104:35; Psalms 106:1. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL - See Psalms 103:1, note;...
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...
CXLVI. This Ps., like the remaining Pss. to the end of the Psalter, begins and closes with the word Hallelujah (Praise Yah). These Pss. may originally have formed a collection by themselves. The theme...
The first of the five "Hallelujah" Psalms concluding the whole book; each beginning and ending with this word. The first has GENESIS for its subject; the second, Exodus; the third, LEVITICUS; the four...
_Praise ve_Jah] Hallelujah! See note on Psalms 104:35. The words are omitted in P.B.V. as belonging to the title rather than to the Psalm. _praise_Jehovah, _O my soul_ Cp. _Bless Jehovah, O my soul_,...
_The Psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God: he exhorteth not to trust in man. God for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted._ THESE five last psalms are particularly...
PSALMS 146 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Twelve Reasons for Trusting in Jehovah. ANALYSIS Having, in Response to the Public Reader's Invitation, stirred up his Own Soul to Praise Jehovah all his Life Long (Psa...
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Psalms 146:1.-Call to praise. Folly of trusting in dying man; the happiness of making the God of Jacob our help (Psalms 146:1); His gracious attribut...
Here begins the final group, Psalms 146-150, known as the 'Hallelujah' Pss., because each begins and ends with that word, meaning, 'Praise ye the Lord.' They sum up the joy of the returned exiles, and...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ *TRUST ONLY IN GOD PSALMS 146 THE FIRST *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "*Believe also in me" ...
PRAISE. — Following Psalms 103:1; Psalms 103:22; Psalms 104:33, “praise” being substituted for “bless.”...
הַֽלְלוּ ־יָ֡הּ הַלְלִ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י אֶת ־יְהוָֽה׃...
Psalms 146:1 THE long-drawn music of the Psalter closes with five Hallelujah psalms, in which, with constantly swelling diapason, all themes of praise are pealed forth, until the melodious thunder of...
THE LORD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS Psalms 146:1-10 This and the four following psalms are the “Hallelujah” Psalms. Each begins with that word. They were probably composed for use in the second Temple....
We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens and closes with the great call to praise. “Hallelujah, praise the Lord.” The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of God...
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my (a) soul. (a) He stirs up himself and all his affections to praise God....
Alleluia. In some editions of the Septuagint (Haydock) and in Syriac, Arabic, &c., the same inscription occurs, as in the former psalms. Many ascribe this to the same authors, and to the same occasion...
CONTENTS The subject, begun in the former Psalm, is here continued. Praise may and will be opened by the church in time, but it will never cease through all eternity. Psalms 146:1 Hallelujah is the...
1._Praise Jehovah. _The five last Psalms close with the same word with which they begin. (286) But having in general called upon all to praise God, he addresses himself, or, which is the same thing, h...
Psalms 146 introduces the full final praises: the first, the outpouring of the heart in praise to Him as the God of Jacob, celebrating what He is, and the comfort of trusting Him, the Creator, the Hel...
PRAISE YE THE LORD,.... Or, "hallelujah"; which, in the Greek and Vulgate Latin versions, is the title of the psalm; but is rather the beginning of it; and is an exhortation to men, especially to the...
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Ver. 1. _Praise the Lord, O my soul_] See Psalms 103:1 ....
PRAISE YE: _ Heb._ Hallelujah...
1-4 If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall certainly praise him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem! There is a Son of ma...
PSALM 146 THE ARGUMENT The design of this Psalm is to persuade men to trust in God, and in him alone. The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God, PSALMS 146:1,2; and exhorteth that none put their tr...
Psalms 146:1 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3068 soul H5315 Praise ye the Lord - Heb. Hallelujah,...
Psalms 146:1. _Praise ye the LORD._ Or, «Hallelujah.» I am sorry to see that great word, Hallelujah, Hallelu-Jah, praise to Jah, Jehovah, become so hackneyed as it is, by talk about «Hallelujah lasse...
CONTENTS: The psalmist engages himself to praise God and exhorts others to trust and praise Him. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There should be no exemption from the service of praising God....
This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the captivity. Psalms 146:10. _The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy God,...
_Praise ye the Lord._ HALLELUJAH I. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2). 1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured, and G...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:1. Because God rules everything, his suffering people can have hope. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION In the Hebrew this Psalm has no superscription. The Septuagint has the superscription, “Hallelujah. Of Haggai and Zechariah;” and is followed in this respect by the Vulgate and the Syriac...
EXPOSITION THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is generall...
Now the final psalms or the Hallel psalms. They begin with hallelujah and end with hallelujah in the Hebrew. Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live I will praise the LORD: I will...
Psalms 103:1; Psalms 103:22; Psalms 104:1; Psalms 104:35; Psal