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Verse Psalms 146:4. _HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH_] His existence depends
merely, under God, on the _air_ he breathes. When he ceases to
_respire_ he ceases to _live_; his body from that moment begins to
c...
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HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH - He dies like other people, no matter how
exalted he is. See the notes at Isaiah 2:22.
HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH - See the notes at Psalms 90:3. The earth -
the dust - is “his...
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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...
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CXLVI. This Ps., like the remaining Pss. to the end of the Psalter,
begins and closes with the word Hallelujah (Praise Yah). These Pss.
may originally have formed a collection by themselves. The theme...
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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...
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The central thought of the Ps., expressed in Psalms 146:5 ff., is
prefaced by a warning against the temptation to rely upon the favour
and protection of men, however powerful. Princes to-day, they may...
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Cp. Psalms 104:29; Isaiah 2:22.
_to his earth_ The -ground" (_ădâmâh_) from which he was taken and
-of which his name (_âdâm_= -man") reminds him.
_his thoughts_ Or, _purposes_. The word is common i...
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HIS THOUGHTS PERISH— _His projects perish._ Mudge. "All the designs
which he had formed in favour of his dependants are frustrated and
disappointed....
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PSALMS 146
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Twelve Reasons for Trusting in Jehovah.
ANALYSIS
Having, in Response to the Public Reader's Invitation, stirred up his
Own Soul to Praise Jehovah all his Life Long (Psa...
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Here begins the final group, Psalms 146-150, known as the 'Hallelujah'
Pss., because each begins and ends with that word, meaning, 'Praise ye
the Lord.' They sum up the joy of the returned exiles, and...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
*TRUST ONLY IN GOD
PSALMS 146
THE FIRST *HALLELUJAH PSALM
Jesus said, "*Believe also in me" ...
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PRINCES — The thought of Psalms 118:8 is here elaborated, with
distinct allusion to Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19 (Comp. 1Ma. 2:63.) The
verse, no doubt, was in Shakespeare’s mind when he made Wolsey say:...
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IN THAT VERY DAY... — Comp. Antony’s words:
“But yesterday the word of Cæsar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence.”
SHAKSPEARE, _Julius Cæsar._...
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תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחֹו יָשֻׁ֣ב לְ אַדְמָתֹ֑ו
בַּ †...
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Psalms 146:1
THE long-drawn music of the Psalter closes with five Hallelujah
psalms, in which, with constantly swelling diapason, all themes of
praise are pealed forth, until the melodious thunder of...
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THE LORD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS
Psalms 146:1-10
This and the four following psalms are the “Hallelujah” Psalms.
Each begins with that word. They were probably composed for use in the
second Temple....
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We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens
and closes with the great call to praise. “Hallelujah, praise the
Lord.”
The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of God...
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His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day
his (c) thoughts perish.
(c) As their vain opinions, by which they flattered themselves and so
imagined wicked enterprises....
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Stars. Which to man are innumerable. Though some have counted 1022
with Ptolemy, yet the discovery of telescopes has shewn that many more
are discernible, (Calmet) and none would dare at present to fi...
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In order to heighten the subject, the Psalmist draws a comparative
statement between the eternal, unfading, unchanging existence of
Jehovah; and the momentary, perishing, and fluctuating condition of...
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Psalms 146 introduces the full final praises: the first, the
outpouring of the heart in praise to Him as the God of Jacob,
celebrating what He is, and the comfort of trusting Him, the Creator,
the Hel...
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HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH,.... That is, the breath of a son of man, of
any and everyone of the princes; it goes forth continually, and is
drawn in again as long as a man lives; but at death it goes forth...
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His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day
his thoughts perish.
Ver. 4. _His breath goeth forth_] It is but in his nostrils at best;
every moment ready to puff out; cease fro...
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_Put not your trust in princes_ However great their wealth or power
may be; _nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help_ “Earthly
princes, if they have the will, often want the power, even to pro...
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A HALLELUJAH TO THE TRUE HELPER.
This psalm, whose author is not known, is the first of the five
Hallelujah Psalms with which the psalter closes, an invitation to
praise the Lord for the merciful and...
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His breath goeth forth, or, "when his breath ascends," mortal as he
is, when he must yield up his spirit, HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH, from
which the substance of man's body was originally taken, "earth...
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1-4 If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall
certainly praise him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect
before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem! There is a Son of ma...
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HE RETURNETH, in his body, ECCLESIASTES 12:7, TO HIS EARTH; to that
earth from which all mankind, princes not excepted, had their
original. IN THAT VERY DAY, as soon as ever he is dead, his thoughts
p...
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Psalms 146:4 spirit H7307 departs H3318 (H8799) returns H7725 (H8799)
earth H127 day H3117 plans H6250 perish...
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Psalms 146:4
I. On the "day" that is here referred to, when man's "breath goeth
forth, and he returneth to the earth," the most affecting aspect in
which you can look at him is that which is here pre...
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Psalms 146:1. _Praise ye the LORD._
Or, «Hallelujah.» I am sorry to see that great word, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-Jah, praise to Jah, Jehovah, become so hackneyed as it is, by
talk about «Hallelujah lasse...
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CONTENTS: The psalmist engages himself to praise God and exhorts
others to trust and praise Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: There should be no exemption from the service of praising
God....
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This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of
Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the
captivity.
Psalms 146:10. _The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy God,...
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_His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth._
THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEATH
The text refers to--
I. The destiny of all.
1. A special day--the day of death.
2. A striking view of death.
3. Man’s...
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_Put not your trust in princes._
DEPENDENCE ON MAN FORBIDDEN
I. Mankind are naturally disposed to do this. The young depend upon
the old, and the old upon the young. The poor depend upon the rich,
an...
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_Praise ye the Lord._
HALLELUJAH
I. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2).
1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this
conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured, and G...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:1. Because God rules everything, his
suffering people can have hope.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:3 It is useless to put one’s TRUST IN
PRINCES, who are mortals. Governments and armies have their proper
place, but their merely human power is not ultimately decisive in the...
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INTRODUCTION
In the Hebrew this Psalm has no superscription. The Septuagint has the
superscription, “Hallelujah. Of Haggai and Zechariah;” and is
followed in this respect by the Vulgate and the Syriac...
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EXPOSITION
THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in
number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the
Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is generall...
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Now the final psalms or the Hallel psalms. They begin with hallelujah
and end with hallelujah in the Hebrew.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live I will
praise the LORD: I will...
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1 Corinthians 2:6; Daniel 5:23; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 2:7;...
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That day — As soon as ever he is dead. Thoughts — All his designs
and endeavours either for himself or for others....