Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 147:10
Delighteth not — As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs.
Delighteth not — As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs.
Verse Psalms 147:10. _HE DELIGHTETH NOT_] The _horse_, among all animals, is most delighted in by man for _beauty, strength_, and _fleetness_. And a _man's legs_, if well proportioned, are more admire...
HE DELIGHTETH NOT IN THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE - The horse is among the noblest works of God - perhaps the noblest of all the animals that he has made. See the notes at Job 39:19. Yet God regards with...
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...
HE TAKETH NOT. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Nor taketh delight". MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-4....
A renewed call to praise Jehovah for His beneficence, and to recognise the conditions of His favour....
11. Based upon Psalms 33:16-18. Jehovah's delight is not in physical strength, but in reverent trustfulness; a thought of consolation, parallel to Psalms 147:6. Israel might look regretfully back to...
HE DELIGHTETH NOT IN THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE— See Psalms 33:16. Mr. Green renders this, _He delighteth not in the courage of the horse, nor is pleased with the agility of the warrior._ The meaning s...
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...
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. HE DELIGHTETH NOT IN THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE; HE TAKETH NOT PLEASURE IN THE LEGS OF A MAN. THE LORD TA...
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....
Against self-reliance....
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
STRENGTH OF THE HORSE... LEGS OF A MAN. — This somewhat strange antithesis has been explained to refer to cavalry and infantry, but the much more expressive passage, Psalms 33:16, which was plainly be...
לֹ֤א בִ גְבוּרַ֣ת הַ סּ֣וּס יֶחְפָּ֑ץ לֹֽא
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)....
He delighteth not in the (h) strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. (h) Though to use lawful means is both profitable and pleases God, yet to put our trust in them is to...
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...
10._Not in the strength of the horse_, _etc_. After the Psalmist has shown that there is proof of the divine goodness in every part of the world, he takes particular notice that men have no strength b...
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...
HE DELIGHTETH NOT IN THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE,.... It has been his will and pleasure to give the horse strength for the use and service of men, both for labour and war; and as this is a creature of h...
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. Ver. 10. _He delighteth not in the strength of the horse_] Plutarch in Numa saith the same, Yεος ουκ εστι...
_He delighteth not in the strength of the horse_, &c. As if he needed either one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs: see the note on Psalms 33:16. Mr. Green translates the verse, _He d...
HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, which is often used as a type of powerful agility; HE TAKETH NOT PLEASURE IN THE LEGS OF A MAN, in man's physical strength and muscular power. These nat...
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...
As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs....
Psalms 147:10 delight H2654 (H8799) strength H1369 horse H5483 pleasure H7521 (H8799) legs H7785 man H376...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:7 The next section moves from God’s universal provision (RAIN, so that all animals have FOOD) to his special care for his faithful....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:10 The image is most likely that of a war horse (see Psalms 20:7). Likewise, THE LEGS OF A MAN are swift for battle (see...
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 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 2:18; Ecclesiastes 9:11; H