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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 146:8

The Lord openeth the eyes, &c.— Illuminates their minds; or even restores their natural sight, when it is defective and weak; or, when perfectly gone, and there are no hopes of human cure. But this part of the psalm was most exactly and literally fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to give salvation to us.

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See also Psalms 146:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 146:8. _OPENETH_ THE EYES OF _THE BLIND_] He brings us out of our prison-house, from the _shadow of death_, and _opens our eyes_ that we may behold the _free light_ of the day. And it is...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD OPENETH THE EYES OF THE BLIND - This is the sixth reason for what is stated as to the blessedness of those who put their trust in the Lord. The language here would be applicable to bodily or...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Blindness is a figure for moral and spiritual ignorance and insensibility, and helplessness in general. Cp. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; Deuteronomy 28:19; Job

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 745 THE EXTENT OF CHRIST’S COMPASSION Psalms 146:7. _The Lord looseth the prisoners: the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: THE LORD OPENETH THE EYES OF THE BLIND () - both the literally and the spiritually...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ *TRUST ONLY IN GOD PSALMS 146 THE FIRST *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "*Believe also in me" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    OPENETH. — Here, and through the verse, the verbs are participles. The elliptical “open the blind” is easily understood. Blindness is sometimes figurative of distress and helplessness (Deuteronomy 28:...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      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....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD (f) loveth the righteous: (f) Though he visits them with affliction, hunger, imprisonment and such like,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Clouds. This is represented as something wonderful, (Job v. 9., and xxxvii. 6.) though conformable to the laws of nature. The preservation of things is like a new creation. (Calmet) --- And the herb,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD OPENETH [THE EYES OF] THE BLIND,.... Who are corporeally blind; the eyes of many such were opened by Christ when here on earth, and one who was born blind; and such who are spiritually blind...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: Ver. 8. _The Lord openeth the eyes_] Both of body and mind, as in the Gospel. As fo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind, giving them sight; THE LORD RAISETH THEM THAT ARE BOWED DOWN, bearing the heavy burden of trials and sorrows; THE LORD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS, the believers to wh...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE EYES OF THE BLIND; either, 1. The eyes of their mind, which he enlightens and directs in doubtful and difficult causes; or, 2. Their bodily eyes, which he did abundantly by his Son Jesus Christ....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 146:8 LORD H3068 opens H6491 (H8802) blind H5787 LORD H3068 raises H2210 (H8802) down H3721 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:1. Because God rules everything, his suffering people can have hope. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 7:6; Acts 26:18; Deuteronomy 33:3;...

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