Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 146:6
For ever — Both because he liveth for ever to fulfil his promises, and because he is eternally faithful.
For ever — Both because he liveth for ever to fulfil his promises, and because he is eternally faithful.
WHICH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH ... - Who is the true God, the Creator of all things. Happy is he who can address the God who called all this wondrous universe into being, and who sustains all by his powe...
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...
MADE HEAVEN, AND EARTH. Another reference to Genesis 1. Compare Psalms 146:4. See notes on Genesis 14:19 and Deuteronomy 4:26....
The omnipotence and faithfulness of Jehovah are contrasted with the frailty and transitoriness of man (Psalms 146:3). For similar references to the power of Jehovah manifested in creation as a ground...
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...
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: WHICH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT THEREIN IS. Here he sets forth the proofs of the str...
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" ...
TRUTH. — Or, _faithfulness._ The connection of this feature of the Divine character with the creative act is worthy of notice. That act alone was for the universe a promise and pledge, just as the cov...
עֹשֶׂ֤ה ׀ שָׁ֘מַ֤יִם וָ אָ֗רֶץ אֶת ־הַ יָּ֥ם
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...
Which made (d) heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever: (d) He encourages the godly to trust only in the Lord, both in his power's ability to deliver them...
_Ground. As he has done to the Egyptians, &c. (Calmet)_...
There can be no hesitation to determine to whom these verses refer. The God of Jacob, is God's Covenant name in Christ. And the offices that covenant God hath performed, and is performing, as plainly...
6._Who made heaven_, _etc_. By all these epithets he confirms the truth previously stated. For though at first sight it may seem inappropriate to speak of the Creation, the power of God bears most per...
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...
WHICH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT THEREIN [IS],.... This and the following verses are a description of that divine Person, even Christ, who is the help and hope of his people; and eve...
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever: Ver. 6. _Which made heaven, and earth, &c._] And, therefore, can help, doubtless. _ Which keepeth truth...
_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...
which made heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is, who is, in short, the almighty Creator of the universe; WHICH KEEPETH TRUTH FOREVER, fulfilling all His promises with regard to the welfar...
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...
5-10 The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven b...
Both because he liveth for ever to fulfil his promises, and because he is eternally and unchangeably faithful....
Psalms 146:6 made H6213 (H8802) heaven H8064 earth H776 sea H3220 keeps H8104 (H8802) truth H571 forever...
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,...
_Which keepeth truth for ever._ TRUTH AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF GOD He “keepeth truth for ever”-- I. In nature (Psalms 19:1.; Job 37:1.). II. In the region of moral being and life. He keepeth the truth of...
_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 146:5 Yahweh, THE GOD OF JACOB, is the one WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM (words from...
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...
Colossians 1:16; Daniel 9:4; Deuteronomy 7:9; Exodus 20:11; Genesis 1:1