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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 108:4

For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, extending beyond the limit of human understanding, and Thy truth reacheth unto the clouds, filling the entire universe.

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See also Psalms 108:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THY MERCY ... - This is taken from Psalms 57:10. The only change is in the expression “above the heavens,” instead of “unto the heavens.” The sense is essentially the same. The particular idea her...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 108 Israel's Praise for Salvation _ 1. Israel's praise (Psalms 108:1)_ 2. The inheritance (Psalms 108:5) 3. Through God alone ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CVIII. A composition from parts of Psalms 57, 60. Thus Psalms 108:1 = Psalms 57:7; Psalms 57:6 = Psalms 60:5. That Psalms 108 is a composi

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. CLOUDS. skies....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 108 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Two Fragments of Earlier Psalms. ANALYSIS Psalms 108:1-6 are taken from Psalms 57:7-11: and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. FOR THY MERCY IS GREAT ABOVE THE HEAVENS - Hebrew, 'from above the heavens' [ mee`al (H5921)]. In Psalms 57:10 it i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Prayer for God's interposition, grounded on the enemy's wickedness (Psalms 109:1); let condemnation fa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a composite Psalms 1-5 is practically Psalms 57:7; Psalms 57:6 is the same as Psalms 60:5. For notes on individual vv. the reader is referred to these two Pss. Probably the two fragments were...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE END OF THE *EXILE PSALMS 108 JESUS SAID, "THE *TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE" (JOHN 8:32)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 108:5]_ כִּֽי ־גָדֹ֣ול מֵֽ עַל ־שָׁמַ֣יִם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 108:1 Two fragments of Davidic psalms are here tacked together with slight variations. Psalms 108:1 are from Psalms 57:7; Psalms 108:6

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    VICTORIOUS THROUGH GOD Psalms 108:1 Two fragments of Davidic psalms are here joined together with very slight alterations. In Psalms 108:1 are from Psalms 57:7, and...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm is composed of two quotations from former song. The first part (vv. Psa 108:1-5) is taken from Psalms 57:1, of which the theme is “God the Refuge in calamity” (vv. Psa 108:7-11). The second...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Detracted. Hebrew and Septuagint, "calumniated," as [in] ver. 20., and 29. (Calmet) --- Prayer. Jesus Christ prayed for his enemies, (Luke xxiii. 34.; Flaminius) and did many good works for the benef...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 108 is a psalm of a peculiar character, being composed of the ends of two others, the earlier and the latter parts of which, the cry of deep distress, and the answer to the cry in faith and hop...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THY MERCY IS GREAT ABOVE THE HEAVENS,..... It is in Psalms 57:10, "thy mercy is great unto the heavens". Psalms 57:10....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ This Psalm is, almost word for word, taken out of two of the foregoing Psalms; the first five verses out of the fifty-seventh, from Psalms 108:7, and the rest out of Psalm six...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CLOUDS: Or, skies...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 108:4 mercy H2617 great H1419 heavens H8064 truth H571 clouds H7834 thy mercy - Psalms 36:5,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 108:1. _O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Thanks to God for His mercies and His promises pleaded. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should praise God publicly as those who are not ashamed of our obligations to Him and our tha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The _five_ first verses of this psalm are taken from Psalms 57., and the remaining _eight_ verses from Psalms 60., with scarcely any variation. By some it is thought to have been thus compounded by Da...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the clouds._ GOD’S MERCY ABOVE THE HEAVENS I. The ideas involved in this representation. 1. Its lofty conspicuousness. (1) It...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O God, my heart is fixed._ A THREEFOLD MORAL STATE OF MIND I. Moral fixation of soul (Psalms 108:1). This concentration of soul is unknown to unregenerate men. They are unsettled, divided, distract...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 108:1. It seems that David composed this community lament using material from two other psalms. Verses Psalms 108:1 are from...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “This Psalm consists of portions of two others, the first half of it being taken from the 57th Psalm, Psalms 108:7, and the latter half from the 60th, Psalms 108:5. It bears the name of D...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is a composite psalm, made up of portions of two Davidical psalms, viz. Psalms 57:7, and Psalms 60:5, but not (probably) put into its present shape by David. It is difficult to imagine...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 108:1-13 the psalmist declares: O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory (Psalms 108:1). And then he calls for praise unto the Lord with the psaltery and the har...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ephesians 2:4; Isaiah 55:9; Micah 7:18; Psalms 103:11; Psalms 36:5;...

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