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Verse Psalms 147:20. _AND_ AS FOR HIS _JUDGMENTS_] The wondrous
ordinances of his law, no nation had known them; and consequently, did
not know the glorious things in futurity to which they referred....
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HE HATH NOT DEALT SO WITH ANY NATION - He has favored Israel more than
any other people by giving them his revealed truth. This was so. There
was no nation in the ancient world so favored as the Hebre...
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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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NOT DEALT SO, &C. The reference is to Exodus 20. Compare Deuteronomy
4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8. and see App-15.
THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THEM. Septuagint and Vulg, read "He maketh not
known to them"....
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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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Cp. Deuteronomy 4:7-8. The Lord, whose word all Nature obeys, has
given Israel His word in the law; a privilege which distinguishes it
from every other nation.
_judgments_ Or, _ordinances_....
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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 sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
HE SHOWETH HIS WORD UNTO JACOB, HIS STATUTES AND HIS JUDGMENTS UNTO
ISRAEL. HE HATH NOT DEALT SO WITH ANY NATION: AND AS...
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147:20 judgments, (c-13) Or 'ordinances.'...
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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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לֹ֘א עָ֤שָׂה כֵ֨ן ׀ לְ כָל ־גֹּ֗וי וּ
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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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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they
have not (n) known them. Praise ye the LORD.
(n) The cause of this difference is God's free mercy, which has
elected his in his...
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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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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, my soul; look round, and behold, in all the objects around and
about thee, above and below; how innumerable and unceasing are the
demands which call for the praises of Jehovah. See...
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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 HATH NOT DEALT SO WITH ANY NATION,.... Or "every nation" b; or all
the nations under the heavens; only with the Jewish nation: these only
for many hundreds of years were favoured with the divine re...
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they
have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Ver. 20. _He hath not dealt so with any nation_] He had not then; but
now, blessed be G...
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_He showeth his word unto Jacob_ “That word, the effects of which,
upon the spiritual system, are similar to those experienced by nature
in the vernal season: that word was showed unto Jacob, and beca...
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He hath not dealt so with any nation, that is, no heathen nation was
chosen by Him in this same manner; AND AS FOR HIS JUDGMENTS, the
precepts of His divine justice, as laid down in His written Word,...
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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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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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He left all others to their own native darkness and blindness, and to
those dim discoveries of God and of themselves which they had from the
light of nature....
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Psalms 147:20 dealt H6213 (H8804) nation H1471 judgments H4941 known
H3045 (H8804) Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD...
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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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_His statutes and His judgments unto Israel._
THE LAW OF MOSES
That Law which God delivered to His own people, and for which just
returns of praise are here made to Him, shall be the subject of our...
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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 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Acts 14:16; Acts 26:18; Acts 26:27;...