Verse Psalms 135:3. The Lord is good] Here is the first reason why he should be praised; and a second is subjoined: -
For it is pleasant.] It is becoming to acknowledge this infinite Being, and our dependence on him; and it is truly comfortable to an upright mind to be thus employed.
PRAISE THE LORD, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD - See Psalms 107:1. SING PRAISES UNTO HIS NAME, FOR IT IS PLEASANT - See Psalms 33:1; Psalms 92:1. The idea here is, that it i
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...
IT: i.e. His name. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
A call to Jehovah's servants to praise Him, since he has chosen Israel to be His own people....
_for_it is _pleasant_ Either -His name is lovely," or -it is pleasant to sing praise." Cp. Psalms 147:1....
PRAISE YE THE LORD, &C.— _Praise the Lord, for it is good; strike up to the name of the Lord, for it is cheerful._ Mudge....
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
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. SING PRAISES UNTO HIS NAME; FOR IT IS PLEASANT - or 'lovely;' i:e., His name (i:e., Himself in His manifested...
135:3 it (k-14) Or 'this;' but see Psalms 147:1 ....
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
SING PRAISES. — Rather, _play._ FOR IT IS PLEASANT — i.e., thus to sing hallelujah. (See Psalms 147:1; Proverbs 22:18. Others take _name_ as the subject, and the Prayer-Book version suggested to Cras...
הַֽ֭לְלוּ ־יָהּ כִּי ־טֹ֣וב יְהוָ֑ה זַמְּר֥וּ...
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...
_Lord. By these three repetitions the blessed Trinity is insinuated, (Worthington) as some of the Fathers have remarked, though the argument is not convincing. (Berthier)_...
The arguments here made use of for giving praises to the Lord, are very plain and unanswerable. Jehovah is to be praised on his own account, for his greatness, goodness, glory. He is to be praised on...
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...
PRAISE YE THE LORD, FOR THE LORD [IS] GOOD,.... Essentially and communicatively; he is good, and he does good, in a providential way, to all men; and in a way of special grace to his own people; for w...
Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant. Ver. 3. _Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good_] _sc._ Originally, transcendently, effectively; he is good a...
_O ye servants of the Lord_ Ye priests and Levites, as in the former Psalm, or the people; _that stand in the courts_, &c. Either in the sanctuary or the inner court, both which were appropriated to t...
praise the Lord; for the Lord is good, manifesting His kindness to all men, but especially to His Church; SING PRAISES UNTO HIS NAME, FOR IT IS PLEASANT, it is the delight of the believers to make the...
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...
1-4 The subject-matter of praise, is the blessings of grace flowing from the everlasting love of God. The name of God as a covenant God and Father in Christ, blessing us with all spiritual blessings i...
IS GOOD; bountiful and gracious, especially to you, and therefore he justly expects and deserves your praises. IS PLEASANT; the work itself of singing praises to God is pleasant, as it is more fully e...
Psalms 135:3 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050 LORD H3068 good H2896 praises H2167 (H8761) name H8034 pleasant...
Psalms 135:3 I. We can only understand praise when we see in it the fulfilment of at least two great lines of human emotion; the mistakes about it arc, perhaps, all traceable to an attempt to explain...
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. ⇐
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...
Matthew 19:17; Psalms 147:1; Psalms 33:1; Psalms 63:5; Psalms 92:1;...