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Verse Psalms 147:14. _HE MAKETH PEACE_] They were now no longer
troubled with the Samaritans, Moabites, c....
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HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS - Margin, he maketh thy border peace.
The word border here refers to a boundary, and stands for all the
domain or territory included within the boundaries of a country....
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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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PEACE IN THY BORDERS. thy borders peace....
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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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satisfleth _thee_with _the_fat _of wheat_ Fulfilling His ancient
promises. Cp. Psalms 81:16; Deuteronomy 32:14....
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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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He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of
the wheat.
HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS (ISAIAH 60:17 ), AND FILLETH THEE WITH
THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT - literally, 'with the f...
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147:14 wheat. (a-15) Lit 'the fat of wheat.'...
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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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MAKETH PEACE. — Or, _placing as thy border peace._
FINEST OF THE WHEAT. — Literally, _fat of wheat._ (See Psalms
81:16.)...
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הַ שָּׂם ־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁלֹ֑ום חֵ֥לֶב
חִ֝טִּ֗ים...
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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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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 MAKETH PEACE [IN] THY BORDERS,.... Which are usually most infested
by enemies, It may denote the universality of peace throughout the
land, in all the parts and borders of it; and be understood of...
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He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest
of the wheat.
Ver. 14. _He maketh peace in thy borders_] Peace, peace, Isaiah 26:3,
peace of country and of conscience.
_ And fill...
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_For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates_ Thy strength consists
not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection. They had
walls and gates, and kept their gates barred in time of da...
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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 maketh peace in thy borders, enabling His congregation to be built
up without the disturbing and distracting influences of steady
warfare, AND FILLETH THEE WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT, with the
ri...
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HE MAKETH PEACE IN THY BORDERS:
_ Heb._ who maketh thy border peace...
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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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In thy borders; in all thy land, even to its utmost borders, which are
most liable to the incursion of enemies....
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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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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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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:_
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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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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_He maketh peace in thy borders._
PEACE AT HOME AND PROSPERITY ABROAD: A MISSIONARY SERMON
The prosperity of the Church is described in this psalm.
I. What are the points which constitute the health...
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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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1 Chronicles 22:9; Deuteronomy 32:14; Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy
8:8;...
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Borders — In all thy land, even to its utmost borders....