The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, who, realizing their own weakness and vanity, feel their full dependence upon Him, reverently trusting in His unmerited favor, in those that hope in His mercy. Such trust meets with the pleasure of Jehovah and is therefore followed by security and blessing in city, house, and country.
Verse Psalms 147:11. _THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN THEM THAT FEAR HIM_] That are truly religious. _IN THOSE THAT HOPE IS HIS MERCY._] Who are just beginning to seek the salvation of their souls. Even...
THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN THEM THAT FEAR HIM - In those who truly worship him, however humble, poor, and unknown to people they may be; however unostentatious, retired, unnoticed may be their worshi...
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...
HOPE IN HIS MERCY. wait for His lovingkindness....
A renewed call to praise Jehovah for His beneficence, and to recognise the conditions of His favour....
_those that hope in his mercy_ Or, _those that wait for his loving-kindness_....
DISCOURSE: 747 GOD’S REGARD FOR THE LEAST OF HIS SAINTS Psalms 147:11. _The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy._ IN the Psalms of David we have innumerable ex...
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...
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. HE DELIGHTETH NOT IN THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE; HE TAKETH NOT PLEASURE IN THE LEGS OF A MAN. THE LORD TA...
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....
HOPE IN HIS MERCY] better, 'wait for His lovingkindness.'...
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
רֹוצֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת ־יְרֵאָ֑יו אֶת ־הַֽ מְיַח
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)....
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...
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 TAKETH PLEASURE IN THEM THAT FEAR HIM,.... With a filial and godly fear; that serve and worship him, privately and publicly, with reverence and love: as, appears by the goodness he lays up fo...
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Ver. 11. _The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him_] That put themselves into the hands of justice, in hope of m...
_He delighteth not in the strength of the horse_, &c. As if he needed either one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs: see the note on Psalms 33:16. Mr. Green translates the verse, _He d...
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...
That believingly and patiently expect and seek relief and happiness from God alone, and from his mere grace and mercy, and not from any creature, nor from their own merits....
Psalms 147:11 LORD H3068 pleasure H7521 (H8802) fear H3373 hope H3176 (H8764) mercy H2617 taketh -...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
_The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy._ FEARING AND HOPING Great kings are wont to have their favourite objects, in which they delight with a peculiar pleas...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:7 The next section moves from God’s universal provision (RAIN, so that all animals have FOOD) to his special care for his faithful....
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 1:13; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 3:4; Isaiah 62:4; Malachi 3:16;...