PSALM CXIII _An exhortation to bless God for his own excellencies_, 1-6; _and for his great mercy to the poor and necessitous_, 7-9. NOTES ON PSALM CXIII Psalms 113, Psalms 114, Psalms 115, Psalms 116, Psalms 117, and Psalms 118, form the great _Hallel_, and were sung by the J [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:3. _FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN_] From morning to evening be always employed in the work. Or it may be a call on _all mankind_ to praise God for his innumerable mercies to the _human race_. Praise him from _one end of the world unto the other_. And therefore the psalmist adds,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:4. _THE LORD_ IS _HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS_] He governs all, he provides for all; therefore let all give him praise.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:5. _WHO_ IS _LIKE UNTO THE LORD_] Those who are highly exalted are generally unapproachable; they are proud and overbearing; or so surrounded with _magnificence_ and _flatterers_, that to them the poor have no access; but _God, though infinitely_ exalted, _humbleth_ _himself to beho... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:7. _HE RAISETH UP THE POOR_] The poorest man, in the meanest and most abject circumstances, is an object of his merciful regards. He may here allude to the wretched state of the captives in Babylon, whom God raised up out of that dust and dunghill. Others apply it to the resurrectio... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:8. _WITH THE PRINCES_] נדיבים _nedebim_, very properly translated by the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.], the aldermen, the most respectable of his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 113:9. _HE MAKETH THE BARREN WOMAN TO KEEP HOUSE_] This is a figure to point out the _desolate, decreasing state_ of the captives in Babylon, and the happy change which took place on their return to their own land. These are nearly the words of Hannah, 1 Samuel 2:5. ANALYSIS OF THE HUN... [ Continue Reading ]