A PSALM OF PRAISE FOR THE BLESSINGS DUE TO THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION.
David's psalm of praise, dedicated to Messiah for His mighty,
righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His Church in
particular.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will extol Thee, exalting Him high above all mere men, MY GOD, O
KING, Messiah being the King over all by virtue of His exaltation to
the right hand of God; AND I WILL BLESS THY NAME FOREVER AND EVER,
singing the praises of His divine essence and attributes not only here
in time, but throughout et... [ Continue Reading ]
Every day will I bless Thee, the repetition bringing out the necessity
of the constant praise in honor of God and messiah, the King; AND I
WILL PRAISE THY NAME FOREVER AND EVER. The song of praise now follows.... [ Continue Reading ]
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, greatness, unsearchable
majesty, being the sum of His essence; AND HIS GREATNESS IS
UNSEARCHABLE, literally, "and to His greatness not is there a search,"
it cannot be fathomed and comprehended by finite man.... [ Continue Reading ]
One generation shall praise Thy works to another and shall declare Thy
mighty acts, that being the effect which a contemplation of God's
greatness, as manifested in His works of creation and redemption, is
bound to have upon men, fathers teaching their children and thus
keeping the consciousness of... [ Continue Reading ]
I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty and of Thy wondrous
works, meditating upon the excellent superlative beauty of God's glory
and celebrating the redemption through the promised Messiah, the most
wonderful theme for prayerful and thankful meditation which can be
suggested.... [ Continue Reading ]
And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts, as the holy God
performs His righteous judgments upon the children of men; AND I WILL
DECLARE THY GREATNESS, for that is the effect which the acts of God's
justice have upon the believers, causing them to set forth the majesty
of the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness,
announcing and proclaiming it, keeping the remembrance of it alive in
the minds of men, AND SHALL SING OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, shouting for
joy over the manifestation of this attribute of God, in dealing with
us on the basis of Christ's per... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, His mercy being revealed
in and through Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the world; SLOW TO ANGER
AND OF GREAT MERCY, His mercy serving, as it were, as a check upon His
anger, keeping it from breaking forth upon us. That is the most
wonderful fact in the Bibl... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His
works, manifested to all His creatures, the evidence of this goodness
filling the believers with all the greater joy since it tends to
confirm them in their trust in Jehovah, in their confidence in His
love.... [ Continue Reading ]
All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord, all creatures showing their
gratitude to Jehovah by proper thanksgiving, AND THY SAINTS SHALL
BLESS THEE; for the obligation resting upon the believers to give Him
grateful credit for the salvation granted to them is greater even than
that of men in general w... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, especially the Kingdom
of Grace, the Church; for it is there that His glory is revealed in
the most remarkable way, AND TALK OF THY POWER, proclaiming with all
earnestness His might, as illustrated so frequently in the history of
the Church,... [ Continue Reading ]
to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, the works of
redemption gained for all mankind, AND THE GLORIOUS MAJESTY OF HIS
KINGDOM, in spreading the Gospel and its glorious truths throughout
the nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, standing firm through all
eternity, the Kingdom of Grace merging into the Kingdom of Glory, the
Church Militant into the Church Triumphant, AND THY DOMINION ENDURETH
THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS, in the power and mercy of His ruling.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, literally, "Is holding up Jehovah
for all that are falling," keeping them through the Word of His grace,
AND RAISETH UP ALL THOSE THAT BE BOWED DOWN, rather, "for all those
who are bowed down," hearts broken and contrite on account of the
realization of their guilt.... [ Continue Reading ]
The eyes of all wait upon Thee, looking to the Lord for their
sustenance, AND THOU GIVEST THEM THEIR MEAT IN DUE SEASON, supplying
them with food as they are in need of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou openest Thine hand, which is like the true horn of plenty, AND
SATISFIEST THE DESIRE OF EVERY LIVING THING, His bounty supplying in
rich measure what they actually need for their maintenance. To these
acts of God's providential care are added those of His government.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works; being
sinless, without a flaw, in His essence, His acts also are of a nature
that no justified complaint can be lodged against Him with regard to
any of His dealings with men.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call
upon Him in truth, their prayer being prompted by, and flowing from,
true faith, and being strictly free from all hypocrisy and doubt.... [ Continue Reading ]
He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear
their cry and will save them, probably not always in the manner in
which they had imagined their deliverance, but always in agreement
with their longing and therefore in true fulfillment of the prayer of
faith, Matthew 21:22; Mark 1... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord preserveth all them that love Him, whose faith finds its
expression in childlike love and trust in Him: BUT ALL THE WICKED WILL
HE DESTROY, for His avenging wrath is bound to strike all those who
persist in their wickedness. All these wonderful facts having been set
forth concerning the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, making it his business to
extol Him everywhere and at all times; AND LET ALL FLESH, joining the
psalmist in his grateful anthem, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME FOREVER AND EVER,
glorifying Him for all the various ways in which He manifested Himself
for the benefit o... [ Continue Reading ]