Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 66:9
Which holdeth... — The LXX. literally, which putteth our soul into life, i.e., keeps us alive, as the parallelism shows.
Which holdeth... — The LXX. literally, which putteth our soul into life, i.e., keeps us alive, as the parallelism shows.
Verse Psalms 66:9. _WHICH HOLDETH OUR SOUL IN LIFE_] Literally, "he who placeth our soul בחיים _bachaiyim_, in lives." We are preserved _alive_, have _health_ of body, and feel the _life_ of God in ou...
WHICH HOLDETH OUR SOUL IN LIFE - Margin, as in Hebrew, putteth. That is, He has put (or placed) us in a state of safety. The word rendered “in life” means literally “among the living.” The word soul h...
Psalms 66 The Praise and Worship of the Millennium _ 1. What God hath wrought! (Psalms 66:1)_ 2. Israel's praise and worship (Psalms 66:8) “Shout aloud unto God, all the earth! Sing the glory of H...
LXVI. A AND LXVI. B. Here again we have two Pss., rather unskilfully joined together, for the former ends, the latter begins abruptly. In Psalms 66 A (Psalms 66:1) the speaker always uses the first pe...
OUR SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read plural FEET. So some codices, with three early printed editions; others read "foot"....
A renewed call to the nations to praise God for His deliverance of Israel from dangers which menaced the very existence of the nation....
Who hath set our soul in life, And not suffered our foot to be moved. The nation was on the point of death and ruin, but God preserved and upheld it. The tenses indicate that the words are not the s...
DISCOURSE: 605 STABILITY THE GIFT OF GOD Psalms 66:8. _O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved...
WHICH HOLDETH OUR SOUL IN LIFE— These verses plainly refer to the deliverance from Egypt. After having made his people pass through several trials in Egypt, God _brought them into a net: "They are ent...
PSALMS 66 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Invitation to All the Earth to Join in Israel's Song of Praise. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 66:1-4, Invitation based on Display of Divine Power. Stanza II., Psalms 66:5-7...
_O BLESS OUR GOD, YE PEOPLE, AND MAKE THE VOICE OF HIS PRAISE TO BE HEARD:_ -The sore trouble out of which God brought His people into a wealthy place; praise to God accordingly. Verse 8,9. O BLESS O...
This Ps. triumphantly celebrates a great national deliverance. The whole earth is summoned to join in the chorus of praise (Psalms 66:1). The memories of the exodus are recalled (Psalms 66:5), but onl...
HOLDETH] RM 'putteth,' or better, 'hath set.' There is a definite allusion to a recent deliverance from national ruin. SUFFERETH NOT] better, 'hath not suffered.' 10-12. The peril is described in a s...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
הַ שָּׂ֣ם נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ בַּֽ † חַיִּ֑ים וְ...
Psalms 66:1 THE most striking feature of this psalm is the transition from the plural "we" and "our," in Psalms 66:1, to the singular "I" and "my," in Psalms 66:13. Ewald supposes that two independent...
“COME AND SEE THE WORKS OF GOD” Psalms 66:1 Some of the old expositors speak of this psalm as “the Lord's Prayer in the Old Testament.” A SUMMONS TO PRAISE, PSALMS 66:1 The devout soul cannot be gl...
This is one of the most beautiful of the songs of worship. It is divided into two parts by a change from the use of the plural pronoun (verses Psa 66:1-12) to the use of the singular (verses Psa 66:13...
Which (f) holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. (f) He signifies some special benefit that God had showed to his Church of the Jews, in delivering them from some great dan...
Well may every redeemed soul join issue in this service, and call upon everyone in union with Christ to bless a covenant God in him, and to make the voice of his praise to be made known. Let the redee...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 65, 66 AND 67. In Psalms 65-67 we have the bright side, the bright and joyful confidence of the saint who is conscious of being heard, and who, though not yet in...
WHICH HOLDETH OUR SOUL IN LIFE,.... Or, "putteth our soul in life" b, or "among the living", which is not to be understood of infusing a living soul in man, nor of the preservation of natural life, wh...
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. Ver. 9. _Which holdeth our soul in life_] Heb. putteth, that is, bestoweth life on us, preserveth it, restoreth it. Some think...
_O bless our God, ye people_ Of other nations, who have served, or yet do serve other gods. _Who holdeth our soul in life_ Who by a succession of miracles of mercy hath preserved us alive in the midst...
which holdeth our soul in life, placing it out of the reach of danger, in the sphere of life, to enjoy its fullness in communion with God, AND SUFFERETH NOT OUR FEET TO BE MOVED, to totter and stumble...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE MIRACLES OF GOD'S DELIVERANCE. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a song or psalm, the name of the inspired poet not being mentioned....
HOLDETH: _ Heb._ putteth...
8-12 The Lord not only preserves our temporal life, but maintains the spiritual life which he has given to believers. By afflictions we are proved, as silver in the fire. The troubles of the church wi...
WHICH HOLDETH OUR SOUL IN LIFE; who by a succession of miracles of mercy hath kept us alive in the midst of a thousand deaths, to which we were exposed, and hath restored us to life, when we were like...
Psalms 66:9 keeps H7760 (H8802) soul H5315 living H2416 allow H5414 (H8804) feet H7272 moved H4132 hold
D). THE NATIONS ARE TO TAKE NOTE OF THE WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE FROM A DISASTROUS EXPERIENCE THAT HIS PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED (PSALMS 66:8). The words that follow indicate some special trial that His pe...
Psalms 66:1. _Make a joyful noise unto God all ye lands: sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious._ In a company of advanced saints, silence may be sometimes profitable. The first...
Psalms 66:1. _Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:_ Let not Israel alone do it. Take up the strain, ye nations. He is the God of all the nations of the earth. «Make a joyful noise unto God, al...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God for His sovereign dominion and power in the whole creation. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God's works are wonderful in themselves and if duly considered, will...
This in the Greek is called a psalm of the resurrection, no doubt because God had in David's time revived the nation. The application to the captivity is unsupported by the language of joy. David here...
_Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved._ THE SAFETY OF THE SAINTS Now_, _in these words we notice-- I. The life. “He holdeth our soul in life.” This is-- 1. A life...
_Come and see the works of God._ THE ETERNAL RULER OF THE UNIVERSE I. As an object for human study. “Come and see the works of God.” 1. The highest study of man is God. All other studies, unless th...
_Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands._ PROVIDENCE The real theme of this psalm is in the last section: it is a psalm of thanksgiving for a special mercy experienced by an individual. But the a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 66:1. This is a thanksgiving for God’s answer to the prayer of one particular member of God’s people. The first half (vv. Psalms 66:1) describ
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song_. See Introduction to Psalms 48. Both the author and the occasion of the psalm are unknown....
EXPOSITION THIS is another song of thanksgiving, and is connected with a special deliverance (Psalms 66:10). The composer is about to offer a sacrifice to God in his holy place, in performance of a vo...
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious (Psalms 66:1-2). Sing forth the honor of the name of the Lord; make His praise glorious. Oh, tha...
1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Samuel 25:29; Acts 17:28; Colossians 3:3; Colossians 3: