1_Make a joyful noise _The Psalmist refers only to that part of the service of God which consists in recounting his benefits and giving thanks. And since he invites the whole of the inhabitants of the earth indiscriminately to praise Jehovah, he seems, in the spirit of prophecy, to refer to the peri... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet next makes mention of the great benefits received from God, and, in an especial manner, desires the faithful to meditate upon them. To say _God made us _is a very generally acknowledged truth; but not to advert to the ingratitude so usual among men, that scarcely one among a hundred seri... [ Continue Reading ]
4_Enter his gates _The conclusion of the psalm is almost the same as the beginning of it, excepting that he adopts a mode of speech which relates to the worship of God which obtained under the law; (126) in which, however, he merely reminds us that believers, in rendering thanks to God, do not disch... [ Continue Reading ]