Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 147:6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the (e) ground.
(e) For the more high that the wicked climb the greater is their fall in the end.
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the (e) ground.
(e) For the more high that the wicked climb the greater is their fall in the end.
Verse Psalms 147:6. _THE LORD LIFTETH UP THE MEEK_] The humbled, the afflicted....
THE LORD LIFTETH UP THE MEEK - The humble; the poor; the bowed down; the oppressed. See the notes at Psalms 146:8 : “The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down.” HE CASTETH THE WICKED DOWN TO THE GROUN...
PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...
CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe how...
THE MEEK. meek or humble ones. Numbers 12:3. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44....
Praise Jehovah, the restorer of Israel, the sovereign ruler of the world....
Jehovah's power is manifested in His moral government of the world. Cp. Psalms 146:9. Though the language is general, it has obviously a special reference to the restoration of Israel and the humiliat...
DISCOURSE: 746 THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD Psalms 147:5. _Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground....
PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. THE LORD LIFTETH UP THE MEEK: HE CASTETH THE WICKED DOWN TO THE GROUND - parallel to Psalms 146:8. Another proof of the conn...
A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "If God makes the grass green (so that it looks right), how much more will
THE MEEK. — Or, _the afflicted._ (See Note Psalms 22:26.)...
מְעֹודֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי...
Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two fo
WHY WE PRAISE THE LORD Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enumer...
In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 17. _His chrystal. Some understand it of hail, which is as it were ice, divided into bits, or morsels. (Challoner) (Ecclesiasticus xliii. 22.) (Calmet) --- In summer and w...
I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take delight in those that hope in his mercy; what can be m...
6._Raising up, etc_. The ascription of this to God fitly tends to confirm our hope under affliction, and prevent our souls from fainting under the cross. From this we may infer that although our fathe...
In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...
THE LORD LIFTETH UP THE MEEK,.... The lowly and humble souls, such as are made so by the Spirit of God; he shows them their sinfulness, and want of righteousness; the insufficiency of their own, and n...
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Ver. 6. _The Lord lifteth up the meek_] This truth was well known to the very heathens, who have said the same thing; as Herodo...
_Great is our Lord, and of great power_ “This is a proper conclusion, drawn from the former part of the Psalm, and especially from the preceding verse. The greatness of God's power, which overcometh a...
The Lord lifteth up the meek, those who are suffering in humility He raises up from their lowly position; HE CASTETH THE WICKED DOWN TO THE GROUND, and the higher they exalt themselves, the greater wi...
HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....
1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 147:6 LORD H3068 up H5749 (H8767) humble H6035 casts H8213 wicked H7563 down H8213 (H8688) ground...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1. For it is good to sing...
This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a r...
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is accepta...
This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...
This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all th...
_Praise ye the Lord._ GENUINE WORSHIP: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the constitution of the human soul. (2) It accords with the D...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...
INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...
EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...
Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...
1 Peter 3:4; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Samuel 2:8; 2 Peter 2:4; James 4:10;...