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HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD - To the wild beast; to the animals
that cannot toil for it themselves, as man does. Compare Psalms
104:21, note; Psalms 104:27, notes.
TO THE YOUNG RAVENS WHICH CRY -...
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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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HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD— The Hebrew word indifferently
signifies either a tame or a wild beast; but this passage of the
Psalmist is to be understood only of wild beasts; those for whom God
by...
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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 giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
HE GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD. (; ),
AND TO THE YOUNG RAVENS WHICH CRY - (.) The ravens, with their hoarse
cry, are uncon...
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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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COMP. Psalms 104:14; Psalms 145:15; Job 38:41; Luke 12:24.
The proper attitude towards one who is thus “great to grant as
mighty to make,” is no
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נֹותֵ֣ן לִ בְהֵמָ֣ה לַחְמָ֑הּ לִ
בְנֵ֥י עֹ֝רֵ
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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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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...
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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 giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which (g)
cry.
(g) For their crying is as it were a confession of their need, which
cannot be relieved, but by God alone, then if God show h...
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PSALM CXLVII. (LAUDA JERUSALEM.)
The Church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and
favours to his people. In the Hebrew, this psalm is joined to the
foregoing.
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvi...
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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...
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9._Who gives to the cattle their food _By giving an instance he
explains more clearly what he had said, of God’s providing food for
every living creature. When he speaks of the cattle and the ravens
b...
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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 GIVETH TO THE BEAST HIS FOOD,.... Through the plenty of grass
growing upon the mountains, by the rain falling from the clouds of
heaven upon them: these cannot provide for themselves, but the Lord...
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He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.
Ver. 9. _He giveth to the beast his food_] See Job 39:3 Psalms
104:27,28. _See Trapp on "_ Job 39:3 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Psa 104:...
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_Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving_ Hebrew, ענו ליהוה
בתודה, literally, _answer to the Lord in praise._ “Sing
alternately,” which may fairly be supposed to be the sense intended
by the psalmist, as...
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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 giveth, as a result and expression of His providential care, TO THE
BEAST, to the animals of the wilderness, HIS FOOD AND TO THE YOUNG
RAVENS WHICH CRY, which feel their dependence upon His might a...
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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...
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Which he mentions, partly, because they were most contemptible,
especially to the Jews, to whom they were unclean and forbidden for
food; partly, because they are greedy and voracious; and partly,
bec...
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Psalms 147:9 gives H5414 (H8802) beast H929 food H3899 young H1121
ravens H6158 cry H7121 (H8799)...
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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 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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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_To the young ravens which cry._
THE RAVENS’ CRY
“Naturalists tell us,” says Caryl, “that when the raven hath fed
his young in the nest till they are well fledged and able to fly
abroad, then he thru...
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_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...
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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 147:7 The next section moves from God’s
universal provision (RAIN, so that all animals have FOOD) to his
special care for his faithful....
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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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Job 38:41; Luke 12:24; Matthew 6:26; Psalms 104:27; Psalms 104:28;...
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Ravens — Which he mentions because they were most contemptible,
especially to the Jews, to whom they were unclean: and because they
are not only neglected by men, but also forsaken by their dams as so...