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PRAISE THE LORD, O JERUSALEM ... - In addition to this general praise
in which all may unite, there are special reasons why Jerusalem and
its inhabitants should praise God: just as now, in addition to...
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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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PRAISE THE LORD. Not the same word as in Psalms 147:1. Used only by
David and Solomon. Zion. See App-68. Zion then still standing....
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_Praise the Lord_ Laud Jehovah.
_thy God, O Zion_ As Psalms 146:10....
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Zion is summoned to praise Jehovah for the blessings of peace and
prosperity. The Lord of Nature is He Who has endowed Israel with
unique privileges....
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DISCOURSE: 748
TEMPORAL MERCIES A GROUND OF PRAISE [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for
Peace, written January 18, 1816. It is not to be supposed that the
same circumstances will ever occur again; and there...
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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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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
PRAISE THE LORD, O JERUSALEM. FOR HE HATH STRENGTHENED THE BARS OF
THY GATES. The walls of Jerusalem had just been built, and the gates
set up,...
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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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PRAISE. — For this verb, properly _stroke,_ or _soothe,_ see Psalms
63:5....
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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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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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12._Celebrate Jehovah, O Jerusalem! _Having spoken in general of the
mercies of God, he again addresses his discourse to the Lord’s
people, who alone, as we have remarked already, can appreciate them,...
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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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PRAISE THE LORD, O JERUSALEM,.... The inhabitants of it, as Kimchi;
not Jerusalem in a literal sense, for this respects future time, as
Aben Ezra; the world to come, the times of the Messiah: and inte...
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_Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion._
Ver. 12. _Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem_] Whatever the world doth, let
not the Church defraud God of his due praises; "though thou, Israel,
play...
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_Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, O Zion_ O holy city, O holy hill. For
where should praise be offered to God, if not there where his altar
is? And where should glory be given to him, if not in his house...
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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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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion, the summons
going out to the entire congregation of Jehovah....
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 147:12 Praise H7623 (H8761) LORD H3068 Jerusalem H3389 Praise
H1984 (H8761) God H430 Zion H6726...
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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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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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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 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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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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_Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem._
CROWNING CHRIST IN CITY LIFE
Some time ago, in one of the reviews, a writer gave a picture of the
London of the future, when all sanitary and political improvements
sh...
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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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Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 52:7; Joel 2:23; Psalms 135:19; Psalms 146:10;...