Great is our Lord and of great power, fully able to help and to save, no matter how severe the difficulties may seem; His understanding is infinite, His wisdom can be defined by human beings neither in its depth nor in its fullness, it cannot be figured out by finite minds.
Verse Psalms 147:5. _HIS UNDERSTANDING_ IS _INFINITE._] To _his intelligence_ _there is no number_: though he _numbers the stars_, his _understanding_ is without _number_. It is infinite; therefore, h...
GREAT IS OUR LORD - See the notes at Psalms 48:1. AND OF GREAT POWER - This seems to be added, as in Isaiah 40:28, in view of the power required in making the heavens, and in guiding and numbering the...
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...
OUR LORD. Hebrew. _'Adonim._ App-4. Compare Psalms 135:5. OF GREAT POWER. abounding in power. Compare Isaiah 40:26....
An imitation of Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 40:28. Jehovah's omniscience and omnipotence are partly a ground for praise, partly an encouragement to trust Him. Cp. Psalms 146:6. He who knows each separate sta...
Praise Jehovah, the restorer of Israel, the sovereign ruler of the world....
_Great_is _our Lord, and_abundant _in power_ The language is borrowed from Isaiah 40:26. _his understanding_is _infinite_ Lit. _to his understanding there is no number_, it is incalculable. _Number_is...
DISCOURSE: 746 THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD Psalms 147:5. _Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground....
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...
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. GREAT IS OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER: HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE - literally, 'there is no number,' i:e., measure, 'of his...
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
OF GREAT POWER. — Literally, _abounding in power._ INFINITE. — Literally, _without number._ (See Note, Psalms 145:3, and Isaiah 40:28; that prophetic passage being still in the poet’s mind, though th...
גָּדֹ֣ול אֲדֹונֵ֣ינוּ וְ רַב ־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝ תְבו
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)....
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 16. Like wool. Because it is white, and light, and covereth the earth as a fleece, which keeps it warm, and makes it fruitful. On which account also, in the following word...
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...
_GOD’S BUILDING_ ‘The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; He c...
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...
GREAT [IS] OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER,.... "Our Lord" is our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of the whole earth; the Lord of his own people by creation, by redemption, by marriage, and by the conquest o...
Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite. Ver. 5. _His understanding is infinite_] Heb. of his understanding there is no number; for he knows not only the kinds and so...
_Great is our Lord, and of great power_ “This is a proper conclusion, drawn from the former part of the Psalm, and especially from the preceding verse. The greatness of God's power, which overcometh a...
HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE: _ Heb._ of his understanding there is no number...
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...
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Psalms 147:5 Great H1419 Lord H113 mighty H7227 power H3581 understanding H8394 infinite H4557 Great -...
Psalms 147:2 The text reveals the constructive side of Divine government: I. As shown in the building up of the Church. That He should do so shows: (1) that the Church is self-demolished; (2) that i...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
_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...
_The Lord doth build up Jerusalem._ THE GREATNESS AND GENTLENESS OF GOD The text reveals the constructive side of the Divine government. I. As shown in the building of the Church. 1. “The Lord dot...
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...
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 Chronicles 16:25; Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 10:6; Jeremiah 32:17;...