Ravens — Which he mentions because they were most contemptible, especially to the Jews, to whom they were unclean: and because they are not only neglected by men, but also forsaken by their dams as soon as ever they can fly, and so are wholly left to the care of Divine providence.
HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD - To the wild beast; to the animals that cannot toil for it themselves, as man does. Compare Psalms 104:21, note; Psalms 104:27, notes. TO THE YOUNG RAVENS WHICH CRY -...
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...
A renewed call to praise Jehovah for His beneficence, and to recognise the conditions of His favour....
Cp. Psalms 145:15; Job 38:41; Luke 12:24. Tristram, _Nat. Hist, of Bible_, p. 200, denies that there is any foundation for the notion that the raven turns its young out of the nest at so early a perio...
HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD— The Hebrew word indifferently signifies either a tame or a wild beast; but this passage of the Psalmist is to be understood only of wild beasts; those for whom God by...
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 giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD. (; ), AND TO THE YOUNG RAVENS WHICH CRY - (.) The ravens, with their hoarse cry, are uncon...
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
COMP. Psalms 104:14; Psalms 145:15; Job 38:41; Luke 12:24. The proper attitude towards one who is thus “great to grant as mighty to make,” is no
נֹותֵ֣ן לִ בְהֵמָ֣ה לַחְמָ֑הּ לִ בְנֵ֥י עֹ֝רֵ
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 giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which (g) cry. (g) For their crying is as it were a confession of their need, which cannot be relieved, but by God alone, then if God show h...
PSALM CXLVII. (LAUDA JERUSALEM.) The Church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the Hebrew, this psalm is joined to the foregoing. or Hebrew Psalm cxlvi...
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...
9._Who gives to the cattle their food _By giving an instance he explains more clearly what he had said, of God’s providing food for every living creature. When he speaks of the cattle and the ravens 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 GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD,.... Through the plenty of grass growing upon the mountains, by the rain falling from the clouds of heaven upon them: these cannot provide for themselves, but the Lord...
He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry. Ver. 9. _He giveth to the beast his food_] See Job 39:3 Psalms 104:27,28. _See Trapp on "_ Job 39:3 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Psa 104:...
_Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving_ Hebrew, ענו ליהוה בתודה, literally, _answer to the Lord in praise._ “Sing alternately,” which may fairly be supposed to be the sense intended by the psalmist, as...
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 giveth, as a result and expression of His providential care, TO THE BEAST, to the animals of the wilderness, HIS FOOD AND TO THE YOUNG RAVENS WHICH CRY, which feel their dependence upon His might a...
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...
Which he mentions, partly, because they were most contemptible, especially to the Jews, to whom they were unclean and forbidden for food; partly, because they are greedy and voracious; and partly, bec...
Psalms 147:9 gives H5414 (H8802) beast H929 food H3899 young H1121 ravens H6158 cry H7121 (H8799)...
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...
_To the young ravens which cry._ THE RAVENS’ CRY “Naturalists tell us,” says Caryl, “that when the raven hath fed his young in the nest till they are well fledged and able to fly abroad, then he thru...
_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....
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...
Job 38:41; Luke 12:24; Matthew 6:26; Psalms 104:27; Psalms 104:28;...