Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 147:15
Commandment — Which is sufficient without any instruments to execute whatsoever pleaseth him. Swiftly — The thing is done without delay.
Commandment — Which is sufficient without any instruments to execute whatsoever pleaseth him. Swiftly — The thing is done without delay.
Verse Psalms 147:15. _HE SENDETH FORTH HIS COMMANDMENT_] His substantial word. It is here personified, מימרא _meymra_, Chaldee; and appears to be a very active agent running every where, and performin...
HE SENDETH FORTH HIS COMMANDMENT UPON EARTH - That is, with reference to the productions of the earth; to the changes which occur; to the seasons; to snow, frost, ice, cold, heat, wind; and he is univ...
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...
COMMANDMENT. sayings, or utterances. Hebrew. _'imrah._ See App-73. Compare Psalms 33:9; Psalms 107:20....
Zion is summoned to praise Jehovah for the blessings of peace and prosperity. The Lord of Nature is He Who has endowed Israel with unique privileges....
A reminiscence of Isaiah 55:10-11. As in Psalms 107:20 the Word or command of God is personified. The word for _commandment_(lit. -saying") is cognate with the verb _spake_in Psalms 33:9;...
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 sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. HE SENDETH FORTH HIS COMMANDMENT (UPON) EARTH: HIS WORD RUNNETH VERY SWIFTLY. God's Word is a servant which He sends fort...
147:15 oracles (b-5) _ Imrah_ . see Note, Psalms 119:11 ....
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
Psalms 33 is still in the poet’s thought, and Psalms 147:6 especially; but some extraordinary season of frost seems to have kindled his inspiration, so that he not only elaborates but improves on his...
הַ שֹּׁלֵ֣חַ אִמְרָתֹ֣ו אָ֑רֶץ עַד ־מְ֝הֵרָ֗ה...
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
PEACE AND PROSPERITY Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The _thee_ and _thou_ justify the application of the psalm to the spiritual cond...
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 sendeth forth his (k) commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very (l) swiftly. (k) His secret working in all creatures is as a command to keep them in order and to give them moving and force....
New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3. And how are...
15._While he sends forth_, _etc_. He again touches upon some instances of the operation of God, everywhere to be seen in the system of nature. And as the changes which take place in the air, and upon...
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 SENDETH FORTH HIS COMMANDMENT UPON EARTH,.... Which Kimchi interprets of rain, which causes the wheat to grow; since afterwards mention is made of snow, and of hoar frost and ice. Aben Ezra underst...
He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly. Ver. 15. _He sendeth forth his commandment, &c._] He speaketh the word, and it is done immediately; he can make a nation...
_He sendeth forth his commandment_, &c. Which is sufficient, without any instruments, to execute whatsoever pleaseth him, either in the works of nature or of providence. For, as the world was first ma...
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 sendeth forth His commandment upon earth, as He did at the time of creation, Genesis 1; Psalms 33:6; HIS WORD RUNNETH VERY SWIFTLY, in order to accomplish His purposes as speedily as possible. The...
12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these ar...
HIS COMMANDMENT; which is sufficient without any instruments to execute whatsoever pleaseth him, either in works of nature or of providence. His word runneth very swiftly; the thing is done without de...
Psalms 147:15 out H7971 (H8802) command H565 earth H776 word H1697 runs H7323 (H8799) swiftly H4120...
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: 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...
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:_ 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...
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...
_His Word runneth very swiftly._ THE SWIFTLY-RUNNING WORD A word is the expression of the mind, the manifestation of the man. “peak,” said the old philosopher, “that I may see thee.” More of a man is...
_He maketh peace in thy borders._ PEACE AT HOME AND PROSPERITY ABROAD: A MISSIONARY SERMON The prosperity of the Church is described in this psalm. I. What are the points which constitute the health...
_He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates._ PIETY EXULTING IN DIVINE GOODNESS I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand of God-- 1. In the rebuilding of the city (verse...
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 147:12 Jerusalem, representing all of God’s people, should PRAISE THE LORD. He alone provides security and prosperity (vv....
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...
2 Thessalonians 3:1; Job 34:29; Job 37:12; Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:13;...