Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 113:5
To wit, far above all heavens, as was now said, being exalted as in place, so in power and dignity, above all persons and things, visible and invisible.
To wit, far above all heavens, as was now said, being exalted as in place, so in power and dignity, above all persons and things, visible and invisible.
Verse Psalms 113:5. _WHO_ IS _LIKE UNTO THE LORD_] Those who are highly exalted are generally unapproachable; they are proud and overbearing; or so surrounded with _magnificence_ and _flatterers_, th...
WHO IS LIKE UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD? - Who can be compared with Yahweh our God? See the notes at Isaiah 40:17. The meaning is, that no creature - no idol - can be compared with Yahweh. The remark here h...
Psalms 113 Hallelujah! Praise His Name! This third Hallelujah Psalm begins with a Hallelujah and ends with Hallelujah. It is given in the Authorized Version as “Praise ye the Lord” (as in all these...
CXIII. GOD ON HIGH CARES FOR THE LOWLY. Psalms 113:7. The dunghill is like Job's, waste and refuse heaped up outside the village and still the refuge of lepers and diseased persons of one kind or ano...
WHO IS LIKE... ? This is ever the outburst of the saints' praise. See note on Exodus 15:11. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
DISCOURSE: 687 GREATNESS AND CONDESCENSION OF GOD Psalms 113:5. _Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth...
PSALMS 113 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Sublime Simplicity: reaching its Climax by Rejoicing with a Glad Mother! ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 113:1-3, Praise Invited from Jehovah's Servants, for All T...
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, WHO (IS) LIKE UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD, WHO DWELLETH ON HIGH? WHO HUMBLETH (HIMSELF) TO BEHOLD (THE THINGS THAT ARE) IN HEAVEN, AND IN THE EART...
This Ps. begins the group (113-118) known in the Jewish Church as the Hallel Psalms, or Hymns of Praise, from _hillel,_ to praise. They are sung at the Passover Feast—Psalms 113, 114 before the second...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE SERVANTS’ SONG PSALMS 113 THE FIRST EGYPTIAN HALLEL And when Jesus and his friends had sung a psalm, they went out to the *Mount of Olives ...
מִ֭י כַּ יהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ הַֽ מַּגְבִּיהִ֥י...
Psalms 113:1 THIS pure burst of praise is the first of the psalms composing the Hallel, which was sung at the three great feasts (Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles), as well as at the...
THE MIGHTY GOD UPLIFTETH THE LOWLY Psalms 113:1; Psalms 114:1 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalmed by the ps...
This is the first of six psalms which constitute the Hallel or Hymn of Praise, which the Hebrews sang at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. This group is necessarily of special interes...
A most sublime thought is awakened by these verses, in the contemplation of God. To behold things in heaven, in the upper and brighter world, is wonderful condescension in him that inhabiteth the prai...
5_Who is like unto Jehovah our God _The prophet strengthens his position for the celebration of God’s praises, by contrasting the height of his glory and power with his unbounded goodness. Not that hi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 111 THROUGH 113. Psalms 111-113 go together as a hallelujah in reference to Jehovah's ways with Israel in their deliverance. First, Psalms 111, the works of Jeho...
WHO IS LIKE UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD,.... Among the gods of the nations, as Kimchi; or among the angels of heaven, or among any of the mighty monarchs on earth; there is none like him for the perfections...
Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Ver. 5. _Who is like, &c._] See Psalms 89:6. He is imparallel. _ Who dwelleth on high_] Heb. Who exalteth to dwell. Oh that we could fly a...
_The Lord is high above all nations_ Superior to all princes and bodies of people in the world; _and his glory above the heavens_ Whereas the glory of earthly monarchs is confined to this lower world,...
PRAISE OF GOD'S MERCY TOWARD THE LOWLY....
Who is like unto the Lord, our God, who dwelleth on high, on the throne of His power,...
DWELLETH ON HIGH: _ Heb._ exalteth himself to dwell...
Psalms 113:5 LORD H3068 God H430 dwells H3427 (H8800) high H1361 (H8688) like - Psalms 89:6
We will read, this evening, two passages in the Word of God; the first will be Psalms 113:1 . Psalms 113:1. _Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD._ Thre...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is a duty the believer should much abound in and in which he should be frequently employed, for in every place there appears the m...
This and the five following psalms form the great HALLEL, or hymn of praise, sung at the passover and other festivals of the Jews. They celebrate, as the word imports, the _shinings forth, eradiations...
_Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high?_ THE GREATNESS AND GOODNESS OF GOD I. His inconceivable greatness (verse 5). 1. The place of His habitation. With great propriety, heaven, a...
_Praise the name of the Lord._ HIGHEST SERVICE AND THE HIGHEST BEING I. The highest service in which intelligent creatures can engage. What is praise? Not verbal laudation, however enthusiastic in f...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 113:1. This short hymn of praise celebrates the way in which the great God who rules over all takes notice of the lowly. Such a God is indeed worthy to be praised by all man...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 113:4 The God who deserves to be praised by all mankind IS SEATED ON HIGH (ruling over the whole world), and yet he LOOKS FAR DOWN and raises the poor from the dust
INTRODUCTION 1. Another of the Hallelujah Psalms 2. Date and authorship unknown. 3. The first of six Psalms in the Jewish liturgy (113–118) termed Hallel, or the Egyptian _Hallel_, as distinguished f...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the "Hallel" psalms, or of those sung at the Feasts of the Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. It is a "Hallelujah psalm," like the two preceding, but is not alphabe...
Psa 113:1-9 begins and ends with Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of Yahweh. Blessed be the name of the LORD (Psalms 113:1-2) Or blessed be the name...
Deuteronomy 33:26; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah