The author of this psalm, as of those which immediately precede it, is
unknown. It is very general in its character, and has no allusion to
any circumstances by which one could determine the name of t...
Psalms 113-118 form the _Hallel_, or Hymn of Praise, which according
to Jewish liturgical usage is sung at the three great Festivals of
Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles, at the Festival of the
Ded...
CXIII.
This psalm begins the _Hallel,_ or as sometimes called, _the great
Hallel_ — though that name more properly is confined to Psalms 136
— recited at the great Jewish feasts. It is partly modelle...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 113
With this psalm begins the great "Hallel", which ends with Psalm 118;
and was used to be sung at the Jewish festivals, particularly at the
feast of tabernacles and of the pa...
_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._
This and the five following Psalms the Jews termed, הלל _, hallel,
or, the great hallel, from_ הללו יה , hallelujah, the first word
of this Psalm. They were used at the feasts...