Psalms 146 - Introduction

A.M. 3484. B.C. 520.

This Psalm is ascribed by the LXX., the Vulgate, and other ancient versions, to Haggai and Zechariah. It was probably written after the captivity, when the Jews found it was in vain to rely on the favour of princes; some of whom hindered the building of the temple, as much as Cyrus at the first had furthered it. The design, therefore, of the Psalm is to persuade men to trust in God, and in him alone. It begins and ends with Hallelujah, or, Praise ye the Lord, as do all the rest to the end of the book, which have therefore been styled, The hallelujahs. Here the psalmist expresses his own resolution to give God perpetual praises, Psalms 146:1; Psalms 146:2. Dissuades all from trusting in man, and exhorts them to trust in God, Psalms 146:3. Because of his power, faithfulness, and everlasting kingdom, Psalms 146:6.