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Verse Psalms 135:21. _BLESSED BE THE LORD OUT OF ZION_] Who has once
more restored our temple and city, and now condescends to _dwell_ with
us _in Jerusalem_.
ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH...
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BLESS THE LORD, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL ... - This passage, also, is
evidently an imitation of the passage in Psalms 115:9. The form in
Psalms 115, however, is rather an exhortation to trust in the Lord,
an...
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PSALM 135-136
Psalms 135
Israel's Knowledge and Praise of the Lord
_ 1. Knowing and praising His Name (Psalms 135:1)_
2. Deliverances of the past remembered (Psalms 135:8)
3. His Name endu
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CXXXV. THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF YAHWEH AND HIS FAVOUR TO ISRAEL. This Ps.
is largely borrowed. Thus Psalms 135:7 is from Jeremiah 10:13;
Jeremiah 10:10 from...
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OUT OF ZION. Shows that this Psalm is an expansion of Psalms 134.
DWELLETH. Figure of Speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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All Israel is summoned to praise Jehovah....
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_Blessed_be Jehovah _out of Zion_ This final adoration corresponds to
the prayer with which Psalms 134 concludes. From Zion, which is His
earthly dwelling-place, Jehovah's blessing goes forth upon His...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD OUT OF ZION, &C.— _Blessed be the Lord in Zion._
Green. _The Lord of Zion._ Mudge.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, This psalm is full of praise: and, that the
servants of God may never want mat...
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PSALMS 135
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Call to Temple-Worship.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 135:1-4, A Charge to the Levites to Lead in the
Delightful Duty of Praise. Stanza II., Psalms 135:5-7, A Personal
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Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise
ye the LORD.
BLESSED BE THE LORD OUT OF ZION, WHICH DWELLETH AT JERUSALEM - (.) As
in , 'The Lord blessed Israel out of Zion,' s...
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A Ps. of praise suitable for public worship, beginning and ending with
the liturgical Hallelujah. It is full of rich mosaics illustrating
Jehovah's greatness and the vanity of idols. Psalms 134, 135 w...
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OUT OF] i.e. from out of....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
A SONG OF *PRAISE TO GOD
PSALMS 135
They went out and talked about (Jesus) everywhere (Matthew 9:31
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From Psalms 115:9, with the addition, “O house of Levi.”...
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OUT OF ZION. — As in Psalms 128:5, Jehovah blesses the covenant
people out of Zion, so here they bless him out of Zion — that is the
place where the reciprocal relation is best and chiefly realised. T...
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בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ צִּיֹּ֗ון
שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ן יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם...
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Psalms 135:1
LIKE Psalms 97:1; Psalms 98:1, this is a cento, or piece of mosaic
work, apparently intended as a call to worship Jehovah in the Temple.
His greatness, as manifested in Nature, and especi...
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MEN BECOME LIKE THE GODS THEY SERVE
Psalms 135:13-21
What a contrast between our God and idols! His mouth speaks words of
grace; His eyes follow our every movement and watch our sleep; His
ears a...
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After the general movement of this book of the Psalter which has
brought us in thought to the ultimate realisation of worship, and
before the final psalms of perfected praise, we now have a section
(P...
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REFLECTIONS
How suitable is it for a peculiar people to be distinguished by
peculiar tokens of deportment! Israel so distinguished, might well
show forth the praises of the Lord, who had so distinguis...
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From the wretched state of the idolatrous nations around, Israel, as a
nation of Priests and Levites to the Lord, is called upon to mark its
distinguishing blessings, and to make a proper use of them;...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 135 AND 136.
Psalms 135 and 136 celebrate Jehovah, who has delivered Israel and now
dwells in Jerusalem, and give thanks to Him whose mercy has endured
for ever...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD OUT OF ZION,.... This, according to Aben Ezra, was
the formula of blessing to be used by the houses of Israel, Aaron, and
Levi, and all that feared God; or a direction to them in w...
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Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise
ye the LORD.
Ver. 21. _Blessed be the Lord out of Zion_] Therehence he blesseth,
Psalms 134:3, and there he is to be blessed.
_ Wh...
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_Bless the Lord, O house of Israel_ He who proved himself to be
infinitely superior to the objects of heathen idolatry, is no less
superior to every object on which deluded men can place their
affecti...
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THE HALLELUJAH OF THE CONGREGATION AND ITS SERVANTS.
A hymn setting forth the wonderful relation of God to His Church, His
almighty power over all the world, and His mercy in delivering His
people, a...
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Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, from the center of true worship,
WHICH DWELLETH AT JERUSALEM, His praise being extolled through this
proclamation of His name far and wide over the earth. PRAISE YE TH...
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15-21 These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false
worship, by showing what sort of gods the heathen worshipped. And the
more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD OUT OF ZION; by the assemblies of his people in
Zion or Jerusalem. WHICH DWELLETH AT JERUSALEM: this clause may be
added either to distinguish the true God from the gods which were...
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Psalms 135:21 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 Zion H6726 dwells H7931
(H8802) Jerusalem H3389 Praise H1984 ...
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Psalms 135:1. _Praise ye the LORD._
Or, «Hallelujah.» «Hallelujah» is the key-note of it. So this is
one of the Hallelujah Psalms, for so it begins; and if you look at the
end, you will see that so i...
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Key Word: Bless the Lord, Psalms 135:1.
CONTENTS: A call to the servants of God to praise Him for His mighty
works.
CHARACTERS: God, Pharaoh, Sihon, Og, house of Aaron, house of Levi.
CONCLUSION: Je...
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This psalm is an enlargement on the subject of the preseding psalm. It
calls upon the priests, the levites, and all Israel to praise the name
of the Lord, on a review of his mercies to their fathers....
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_Blessed be the Lord out of Zion._
THANKFULNESS
I. The psalmist’s expressions of thankfulness.
1. We are taught by the whole of this psalm that these expressions
spring from a grateful memory. Every...
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_Praise ye the Lord._
THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF WORSHIP
I. In His absolute goodness (Psalms 135:1). He is
“good”--essentially, eternally, infinitely, immutably.
II. In His relative kindness (verse 4)....
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:1. God’s people are called to
praise him for his majestic power, displayed in his deeds on their
behalf.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:19 The only fitting response to such a
great God is for the various members of the worshiping company (the
HOUSE OF ISRAEL, the HOUSE OF AARON, the house of Lev
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 135:21 BLESSED BE. The passive form of
“bless,” v. Psalms 135:19. The mention of ZION and...
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INTRODUCTION
“We have now,” says Hengstenberg, “a group of twelve Psalms,
sung after the prosperous completion of the Temple, and probably at
its dedication, consisting of three new Psalms at the begi...
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EXPOSITION
A SONG of praise to God (Psalms 135:1, Psalms 135:19) for:
1. His mercies to Israel (Psalms 135:4,...
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Psa 135:1-21 is one of those psalms that begins and ends with the word
Hallelujah.
Praise ye the LORD (Psalms 135:1).
Hallelujah.
Praise the name of Yahweh; praise him, O ye servants of Yahweh. Ye
t...