Psalms 146:1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Ver. 1. _Praise the Lord, O my soul_] See Psalms 103:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Ver. 1. _Praise the Lord, O my soul_] See Psalms 103:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Ver. 2. _While I live will I praise the Lord_] George Carpenter, the Bavarian martyr, being desired by some godly brethren, that when he was burning in the fire he would give them some sign of his constance... [ Continue Reading ]
Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help. Ver. 3. _Put not your trust in princes_] But in God alone; this being a principal piece of his praise; it is a kind of setting the crown on his head. See Judges 9:15. The word rendered princes signifieth liberal, bo... [ Continue Reading ]
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 from him, therefore, Isa. ii. Man, say the Rabbis, is but a bladder full of air, which can stand on no... [ Continue Reading ]
Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God: Ver. 5. _Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help_] Since he is the King immortal, all powerful, as Psalms 146:6, and no less willing, since he is a God in covenant. _ Whose hope is in the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever: Ver. 6. _Which made heaven, and earth, &c._] And, therefore, can help, doubtless. _ Which keepeth truth for ever_] And, therefore, will; since he will not suffer his faithfulness to fail, nor alter the... [ Continue Reading ]
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: Ver. 7. _Which executeth judgment_] _Vindicat violatos._ This should draw custom and company about him; as all that were in distress fled to David, and he became their captain. _ Which give... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: Ver. 8. _The Lord openeth the eyes_] Both of body and mind, as in the Gospel. As for those miracles, which Tacitus and Suetonius attribute to Vespasian (as that he made a blind man se... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Ver. 9. _The Lord preserveth_] These all are his clients, because neglected by the world, as yielding no profit. _ He turneth upside down_] As one doth a dish that is washed... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. Ver. 10. _The Lord shall reign for ever_] _Non sibi, sed in salutem nostram,_ for our sakes he reigneth, that he may execute judgment, give food, loose prisoners, open eyes, &c. _ Supplices idem, timid... [ Continue Reading ]