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Verse Psalms 147:19. _HE SHOWETH HIS WORD UNTO JACOB_] To no nation of
the world beside had God given a revelation of his will....
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HE SHOWETH HIS WORD UNTO JACOB - Margin, words. His commands; his
promises; his laws. The things which were before adverted to, pertain
to the world in general. All people see his works; all enjoy the...
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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...
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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...
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WORD. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word".
Others read plural.
JACOB... ISRAEL. See notes on Genesis 32:28. Compare Psa 43:6. Psa
45:26, Psa 45:28....
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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...
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
HE SHOWETH HIS WORD UNTO JACOB, HIS STATUTES AND HIS JUDGMENTS UNTO
ISRAEL. HE HATH NOT DEALT SO WITH ANY NATION: AND AS...
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147:19 judgments (c-11) Or 'ordinances.'...
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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....
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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
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JACOB... ISRAEL. — As in the other two pieces into which the psalm
divides (Psalms 147:6), the thought passes from the grandeur of God
revealed in nature to the divine protection and favour accorded t...
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מַגִּ֣יד _דְּבָרָ֣יו_† לְ יַעֲקֹ֑ב
חֻקָּ֥יו וּ֝ מִשְׁפָּטָ֗יו
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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
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PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Psalms 147:12-20
From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem
and Zion. The _thee_ and _thou_ justify the application of the psalm
to the spiritual cond...
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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)....
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He sheweth his (m) word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments
unto Israel.
(m) As before he called God's secret working in all his creatures his
word: so he means by this his word the doctrine o...
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New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of
divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay
every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3. And how are...
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19._He announces his words to Jacob, etc_. Here it is another word
that is spoken of than what was formerly mentioned; for God speaks in
a different way to the insensate works of his hands, which he s...
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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...
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HE SHOWETH HIS WORD UNTO JACOB,.... From the things of nature and
providence, the psalmist passes to the blessings of grace and
goodness; for which the Lord is to be praised, particularly for his
word...
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
Ver. 19. _He showeth his word unto Jacob_] The Jews were God's
library keepers; and unto them (as a special favour) were co...
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_He showeth his word unto Jacob_ “That word, the effects of which,
upon the spiritual system, are similar to those experienced by nature
in the vernal season: that word was showed unto Jacob, and beca...
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HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION.
A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all
creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....
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He showeth His Word unto Jacob, the Gospel of His salvation revealed
in Law and prophecy, HIS STATUTES AND HIS JUDGMENTS UNTO ISRAEL,
thereby separating and distinguishing this people as a peculiar
na...
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HIS WORD:
_ Heb._ his words...
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12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by
the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for
all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these ar...
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HE SHOWETH HIS WORD; he fully declared his mind and will by revelation
and in his word. UNTO JACOB; to the children of Jacob or Israel, and
to them alone, as it follows....
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Psalms 147:19 declares H5046 (H8688) word H1697 (H8675) H1697 Jacob
H3290 statutes H2706 judgments H4941 Israel
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_His statutes and His judgments unto Israel._
THE LAW OF MOSES
That Law which God delivered to His own people, and for which just
returns of praise are here made to Him, shall be the subject of our...
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_He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates._
PIETY EXULTING IN DIVINE GOODNESS
I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand
of God--
1. In the rebuilding of the city (verse...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:12 Jerusalem, representing all of God’s
people, should PRAISE THE LORD. He alone provides security and
prosperity (vv....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 33:2; Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 4:12;...