Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Psalms 135:8-12
Jehovah's sovereignty exhibited in the deliverance of His people from Egypt and their establishment in the land of Canaan.
Jehovah's sovereignty exhibited in the deliverance of His people from Egypt and their establishment in the land of Canaan.
Verse Psalms 135:8. _WHO SMOTE THE FIRST-BORN OF EGYPT_] See the parallel passages....
WHO SMOTE THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT - As the last and the greatest of the plagues brought upon the Egyptians; the chief and crowning judgment under which they were made willing that the children of Israe...
PSALM 135-136 Psalms 135 Israel's Knowledge and Praise of the Lord _ 1. Knowing and praising His Name (Psalms 135:1)_ 2. Deliverances of the past remembered (Psalms 135:8) 3. His Name endu
CXXXV. THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH AND HIS FAVOUR TO ISRAEL. This Ps. is largely borrowed. Thus Psalms 135:7 is from Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 10:10 from...
SMOTE, &C. Compare Exodus 12:29. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam_. App-14....
PSALMS 135 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Call to Temple-Worship. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 135:1-4, A Charge to the Levites to Lead in the Delightful Duty of Praise. Stanza II., Psalms 135:5-7, A Personal
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. WHO SMOTE THE FIRST-BORN OF EGYPT, BOTH OF MAN AND BEAST. From general acts of God's power He passes to special, and from those done in the...
A Ps. of praise suitable for public worship, beginning and ending with the liturgical Hallelujah. It is full of rich mosaics illustrating Jehovah's greatness and the vanity of idols. Psalms 134, 135 w...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A SONG OF *PRAISE TO GOD PSALMS 135 They went out and talked about (Jesus) everywhere (Matthew 9:31
EGYPT. — This abrupt change from the miracles of nature to the marvels of history is apparently copied from the next psalm, where see Note, Psalms 135:10....
שֶֽׁ֭ הִכָּה בְּכֹורֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם מֵ֝ אָדָ֗ם...
Psalms 135:1 LIKE Psalms 97:1; Psalms 98:1, this is a cento, or piece of mosaic work, apparently intended as a call to worship Jehovah in the Temple. His greatness, as manifested in Nature, and especi...
GOD'S WONDERFUL POWER Psalms 135:1-12 This psalm begins and ends with _Hallelujah._ It contains choice extracts from various psalms, which have been culled as the flowers of a garden are gathered...
After the general movement of this book of the Psalter which has brought us in thought to the ultimate realisation of worship, and before the final psalms of perfected praise, we now have a section (P...
In these verses the Writer adores the riches of God's grace, as instanced in the history of Israel....
8._He smote the first-born of Egypt _He now reverts to those more special benefits, by which God had laid his Church and chosen people under obligation to his service. As it was the Lord’s believing p...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 135 AND 136. Psalms 135 and 136 celebrate Jehovah, who has delivered Israel and now dwells in Jerusalem, and give thanks to Him whose mercy has endured for ever...
WHO SMOTE THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT, BOTH OF MAN AND BEAST. Which was the last of the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians; and is particularly mentioned, because, by means of it, they were made willing to...
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Ver. 8. _Who smote the firstborn of Egypt_] And thereby roused up that sturdy rebel Pharaoh, who began now to open his eyes, as they say the b...
_Who smote the firstborn of Egypt_ From the general works of nature he comes to God's special works of providence toward his people. “Egypt was the theatre of the grand contest between the God of Isra...
THE HALLELUJAH OF THE CONGREGATION AND ITS SERVANTS. A hymn setting forth the wonderful relation of God to His Church, His almighty power over all the world, and His mercy in delivering His people, a...
Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, from the heir apparent down to the calf of the lowliest herder, Exodus 12:12....
BOTH OF MAN AND BEAST: _ Heb._ from man unto beast...
5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures f...
From the general works of nature, he comes to God's special works of providence towards his people....
Psalms 135:8 destroyed H5221 (H8689) firstborn H1060 Egypt H4714 man H120 beast H929 smote - P
Psalms 135:1. _Praise ye the LORD._ Or, «Hallelujah.» «Hallelujah» is the key-note of it. So this is one of the Hallelujah Psalms, for so it begins; and if you look at the end, you will see that so i...
Key Word: Bless the Lord, Psalms 135:1. CONTENTS: A call to the servants of God to praise Him for His mighty works. CHARACTERS: God, Pharaoh, Sihon, Og, house of Aaron, house of Levi. CONCLUSION: Je...
This psalm is an enlargement on the subject of the preseding psalm. It calls upon the priests, the levites, and all Israel to praise the name of the Lord, on a review of his mercies to their fathers....
_Praise ye the Lord._ THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF WORSHIP I. In His absolute goodness (Psalms 135:1). He is “good”--essentially, eternally, infinitely, immutably. II. In His relative kindness (verse 4)....
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:1. God’s people are called to praise him for his majestic power, displayed in his deeds on their behalf. ⇐
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:8 The Lord has displayed his great power and his enduring love in the history of Israel. These verses mention the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of the Promised Land. The...
INTRODUCTION “We have now,” says Hengstenberg, “a group of twelve Psalms, sung after the prosperous completion of the Temple, and probably at its dedication, consisting of three new Psalms at the begi...
EXPOSITION A SONG of praise to God (Psalms 135:1, Psalms 135:19) for: 1. His mercies to Israel (Psalms 135:4,...
Psa 135:1-21 is one of those psalms that begins and ends with the word Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD (Psalms 135:1). Hallelujah. Praise the name of Yahweh; praise him, O ye servants of Yahweh. Ye t...
Exodus 12:12; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:30; Exodus 13:15; Psalms 10:1;...