The first of the five "Hallelujah" Psalms concluding the whole book; each beginning and ending with this word. The first has GENESIS for its subject; the second, Exodus; the third, LEVITICUS; the fourth, NUMBERS, and the fifth, DEUTERONOMY. See the Structure, p. 827, and notes below. PRAISE YE THE... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. confidence. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. NO HELP. no salvation, or saving help. Compare Psalms 33:16; Psalms 60:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BREATH, &C. This verse occurs in the Apocrypha (1 Mace. Psa 2:63); but why is it _assumed_ that this verse is taken from the Book of Maccabees, instead of this verse in Maccabees being taken from this Psalm? BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Not the same word as in Psalms 150:6. RETURNET... [ Continue Reading ]
HAPPY. The last of the twenty-seven Beatitudes in the Book of Psalms. See App-63. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. OF JACOB: i.e. the God who met Jacob (Genesis 28:13) when he had nothing (Genesis 32:10 and deserved nothing (but wrath, Genesis 27) and promised him everything. This title answers to the N.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE HEAVEN, AND EARTH. Another reference to Genesis 1. Compare Psalms 146:4. See notes on Genesis 14:19 and Deuteronomy 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOD. Hebrew bread. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for food in general. THE. No Art. in Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. aliens. RELIEVETH. Plenty of saving "help" here. Compare the contrast with "man", (Psalms 146:3), "no help". WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. Contrast Psalms 146:4. Compare Revelation 11:15. ZION. See App-68.... [ Continue Reading ]