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Verse Psalms 146:9. _PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS_] He has _preserved you_
_strangers_ in a strange land, where you have been in captivity for
_seventy_ years; and though in an _enemy's country_, he has p...
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THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS - He regards them with interest; he
defends and guides them. This is the ninth reason why those who trust
in the Lord are happy. The stranger - away from home and fri...
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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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CXLVI. This Ps., like the remaining Pss. to the end of the Psalter,
begins and closes with the word Hallelujah (Praise Yah). These Pss.
may originally have formed a collection by themselves. The theme...
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STRANGERS. aliens.
RELIEVETH. Plenty of saving "help" here. Compare the contrast with
"man", (Psalms 146:3), "no help".
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._...
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As in Psalms 94:6 the sojourners [89] or resident aliens who had no
rights of citizenship, orphans, and widows are typical examples of
defencelessness. They are therefore specially under Jehovah's
pro...
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BUT THE WAY, &C.— _The way—he will overthrow._ Mudge. Their steps
shall be perplexed and puzzled, so that they shall stumble and fall,
and all their projects be defeated.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, David's hea...
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PSALMS 146
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Twelve Reasons for Trusting in Jehovah.
ANALYSIS
Having, in Response to the Public Reader's Invitation, stirred up his
Own Soul to Praise Jehovah all his Life Long (Psa...
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The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and
widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS; HE RELIEVETH THE FATHERLESS AND
WIDOW...
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Here begins the final group, Psalms 146-150, known as the 'Hallelujah'
Pss., because each begins and ends with that word, meaning, 'Praise ye
the Lord.' They sum up the joy of the returned exiles, and...
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TURNETH UPSIDE DOWN] lit.' causeth to turn aside' (into the trackless
desert, where it disappears)....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
*TRUST ONLY IN GOD
PSALMS 146
THE FIRST *HALLELUJAH PSALM
Jesus said, "*Believe also in me" ...
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The stranger, the widow, and the orphan are constantly presented in
the Law as objects of compassion and beneficence. The orphan and widow
are mentioned as under God’s care (Psalms 68:5).
RELIEVETH. —...
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יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת ־גֵּרִ֗ים
יָתֹ֣ום וְ א
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Psalms 146:1
THE long-drawn music of the Psalter closes with five Hallelujah
psalms, in which, with constantly swelling diapason, all themes of
praise are pealed forth, until the melodious thunder of...
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THE LORD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS
Psalms 146:1-10
This and the four following psalms are the “Hallelujah” Psalms.
Each begins with that word. They were probably composed for use in the
second Temple....
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We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens
and closes with the great call to praise. “Hallelujah, praise the
Lord.”
The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of God...
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The LORD preserveth the (g) strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and
widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
(g) Meaning, all who are destitute of worldly means and help....
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Young. Literally, "the sons of ravens," which may denote those birds
in general, as well as their young. God provides for all. Many fables
have been recounted concerning ravens, as if they neglected o...
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There can be no hesitation to determine to whom these verses refer.
The God of Jacob, is God's Covenant name in Christ. And the offices
that covenant God hath performed, and is performing, as plainly...
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9._Jehovah guarding_, _etc_. By _strangers, orphans_, and _widows,
_the Psalmist means all those in general who are destitute of the help
of man. While all show favor to those who are known to them an...
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Psalms 146 introduces the full final praises: the first, the
outpouring of the heart in praise to Him as the God of Jacob,
celebrating what He is, and the comfort of trusting Him, the Creator,
the Hel...
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THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS,.... The life of them, as he did the
daughter of: the Greek, a Syrophenician woman, and a Samaritan, by
healing them of their diseases, Mark 7:26; and in a spiritual...
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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...
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_Which executeth judgment for the oppressed_ Who doth not slight nor
forget the cries of his grieved subjects; but in due time asserts the
right of those who are oppressed, and can find no relief in o...
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A HALLELUJAH TO THE TRUE HELPER.
This psalm, whose author is not known, is the first of the five
Hallelujah Psalms with which the psalter closes, an invitation to
praise the Lord for the merciful and...
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the Lord preserveth the strangers, who were usually regarded with
suspicion and treated with scorn; HE RELIEVETH THE FATHERLESS AND THE
WIDOW, widows and orphans being so often in need of a protector;...
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5-10 The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must
hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in
the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven b...
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HE OVERTHROWETH THEIR GOINGS, as the phrase is, PSALMS 140:4. He
maketh them to lose their way; he not only frustrateth their plots and
enterprises but turneth them against themselves. This and all th...
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Psalms 146:9 LORD H3068 watches H8104 (H8802) strangers H1616 relieves
H5749 (H8766) fatherless H3490 widow H490 way
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Psalms 146:1. _Praise ye the LORD._
Or, «Hallelujah.» I am sorry to see that great word, Hallelujah,
Hallelu-Jah, praise to Jah, Jehovah, become so hackneyed as it is, by
talk about «Hallelujah lasse...
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CONTENTS: The psalmist engages himself to praise God and exhorts
others to trust and praise Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: There should be no exemption from the service of praising
God....
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This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of
Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the
captivity.
Psalms 146:10. _The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy God,...
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_The Lord looseth the prisoners._
THE LORD’S FAMOUS TITLES
There are five famous titles of God here.
I. Emancipator. He looseth those in mental, moral, and spiritual
bondage.
II. Illuminator. The L...
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_He relieveth the fatherless._
THE FATHERLESS RELIEVED
The Lord “relieveth the fatherless”--
I. By exciting the compassion of others in their behalf. The feeling
of sympathy is one of the noblest a...
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_Praise ye the Lord._
HALLELUJAH
I. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2).
1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this
conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured, and G...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:1. Because God rules everything, his
suffering people can have hope.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:5 Yahweh, THE GOD OF JACOB, is the one WHO
MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM (words from...
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INTRODUCTION
In the Hebrew this Psalm has no superscription. The Septuagint has the
superscription, “Hallelujah. Of Haggai and Zechariah;” and is
followed in this respect by the Vulgate and the Syriac...
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EXPOSITION
THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in
number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the
Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is generall...
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Now the final psalms or the Hallel psalms. They begin with hallelujah
and end with hallelujah in the Hebrew.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live I will
praise the LORD: I will...
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1 Corinthians 3:19; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 17:23; Deuteronomy 10:18;...