Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 146:4
That day — As soon as ever he is dead. Thoughts — All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others.
That day — As soon as ever he is dead. Thoughts — All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others.
Verse Psalms 146:4. _HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH_] His existence depends merely, under God, on the _air_ he breathes. When he ceases to _respire_ he ceases to _live_; his body from that moment begins to c...
HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isaiah 2:22. HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH - See the notes at Psalms 90:3. The earth - the dust - is “his...
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...
HIS BREATH, &C. This verse occurs in the Apocrypha (1 Mace. Psa 2:63); but why is it _assumed_ that this verse is taken from the Book of Maccabees, instead of this verse in Maccabees being taken from...
The central thought of the Ps., expressed in Psalms 146:5 ff., is prefaced by a warning against the temptation to rely upon the favour and protection of men, however powerful. Princes to-day, they may...
Cp. Psalms 104:29; Isaiah 2:22. _to his earth_ The -ground" (_ădâmâh_) from which he was taken and -of which his name (_âdâm_= -man") reminds him. _his thoughts_ Or, _purposes_. The word is common i...
HIS THOUGHTS PERISH— _His projects perish._ Mudge. "All the designs which he had formed in favour of his dependants are frustrated and disappointed....
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...
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH, HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH (FROM PSALMS 104:29 : CF. GENESIS 3:19 ;...
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" ...
PRINCES — The thought of Psalms 118:8 is here elaborated, with distinct allusion to Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19 (Comp. 1Ma. 2:63.) The verse, no doubt, was in Shakespeare’s mind when he made Wolsey say:...
IN THAT VERY DAY... — Comp. Antony’s words: “But yesterday the word of Cæsar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.” SHAKSPEARE, _Julius Cæsar._...
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחֹו יָשֻׁ֣ב לְ אַדְמָתֹ֑ו בַּ †...
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...
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his (c) thoughts perish. (c) As their vain opinions, by which they flattered themselves and so imagined wicked enterprises....
Stars. Which to man are innumerable. Though some have counted 1022 with Ptolemy, yet the discovery of telescopes has shewn that many more are discernible, (Calmet) and none would dare at present to fi...
In order to heighten the subject, the Psalmist draws a comparative statement between the eternal, unfading, unchanging existence of Jehovah; and the momentary, perishing, and fluctuating condition of...
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...
HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH,.... That is, the breath of a son of man, of any and everyone of the princes; it goes forth continually, and is drawn in again as long as a man lives; but at death it goes forth...
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Ver. 4. _His breath goeth forth_] It is but in his nostrils at best; every moment ready to puff out; cease fro...
_Put not your trust in princes_ However great their wealth or power may be; _nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help_ “Earthly princes, if they have the will, often want the power, even to pro...
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...
His breath goeth forth, or, "when his breath ascends," mortal as he is, when he must yield up his spirit, HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH, from which the substance of man's body was originally taken, "earth...
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...
HE RETURNETH, in his body, ECCLESIASTES 12:7, TO HIS EARTH; to that earth from which all mankind, princes not excepted, had their original. IN THAT VERY DAY, as soon as ever he is dead, his thoughts p...
Psalms 146:4 spirit H7307 departs H3318 (H8799) returns H7725 (H8799) earth H127 day H3117 plans H6250 perish...
Psalms 146:4 I. On the "day" that is here referred to, when man's "breath goeth forth, and he returneth to the earth," the most affecting aspect in which you can look at him is that which is here pre...
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,...
_Put not your trust in princes._ DEPENDENCE ON MAN FORBIDDEN I. Mankind are naturally disposed to do this. The young depend upon the old, and the old upon the young. The poor depend upon the rich, an...
_His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth._ THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEATH The text refers to-- I. The destiny of all. 1. A special day--the day of death. 2. A striking view of death. 3. Man’s...
_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. ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:3 It is useless to put one’s TRUST IN PRINCES, who are mortals. Governments and armies have their proper place, but their merely human power is not ultimately decisive in the...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:6; Daniel 5:23; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 2:7;...