PSALM CXLV _God is praised for his unsearchable greatness_, 1, 2; _for his majesty and terrible acts_, 3, 6; _for his goodness and tender mercies to all_, 7-9; _for his power and kingdom_, 10-13; _for his kindness to the distressed_, 14; _for his providence_, 15-17. _He hears and answers pray... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:3. _HIS GREATNESS_ IS _UNSEARCHABLE._] Literally, _To his_ _mightinesses there is no investigation_. All in God is _unlimited_ and _eternal_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:4. _ONE GENERATION_] Thy _creating_ and _redeeming_ acts are recorded in thy _word_; but thy _wondrous providential dealings_ with mankind must be handed down by tradition, from generation to generation; for they are in continual occurrence, and consequently innumerable.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:8. _THE LORD_ IS _GRACIOUS_] His holy nature is ever _disposed_ to show favour. _FULL OF COMPASSION_] Wherever he sees misery, his eye affects his heart. _SLOW TO ANGER_] When there is even the _greatest provocation_. _OF GREAT MERCY._] Great in his _abundant mercy_. These _four_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:9. _THE LORD_ IS _GOOD TO ALL_] There is not a soul out of hell that is not continually under his _most merciful regards_; so far is he from _willing_ or _decreeing before their creation_ the damnation of any man. _HIS TENDER MERCIES_] His _bowels of compassion_ are over all his wo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:10. _ALL THY WORKS SHALL PRAISE THEE_] Whom? The God _who is_ _good to all_. _THY SAINTS_] חסידיך _chasideycha_, thy _compassionate ones_; those who are partakers of thy _great mercy_, Psalms 145:8. These shall _bless thee_, because they know, they _feel_, that thou willest the sal... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:12. _TO MAKE KNOWN_] They delight to recommend their God and Father to others.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:13. _THY DOMINION_ ENDURETH] There is neither age nor people in and over which God does not manifest his _benignly ruling_ power. As the above verse begins with the letter מ _mem_, the next in the order of the alphabet should begin with נ _nun_: but that verse is totally wanting. To... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:14. _THE LORD UPHOLDETH ALL THAT FALL_] נפלים _nophelim_, the _falling_, or those who are not able to keep their feet; the weak. He _shores_ them up; he is their _prop_. No man falls through his own weakness _merely_; if he rely on God, the strongest foe cannot shake him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:15. _THE EYES OF ALL WAIT UPON THEE_] What a fine figure! The _young_ of all animals look up to _their parents for food_. God is here represented as the _universal Father_, providing food for every living creature. _IN DUE SEASON_] The kind of food that is suited to every animal, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:16. _THOU OPENEST THINE HAND_] What a hand is this that holds in it all the food that meets the desires and necessities of the universe of creatures! A very large volume might be written upon this: The proper kinds of food for the various classes of animals.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:17. _THE LORD_ IS _RIGHTEOUS_] It was the similarity of _this_ to the omitted verse, which should have been the _fourteenth_, that caused _it_ to be omitted.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:18. _THE LORD_ IS _NIGH_] Whoever calls upon God in truth, with a sincere and upright heart, one that _truly desires_ his salvation, to that person _God is nigh_. The following verse shows he is not only _near_ to praying people, but 1. He will _hear their_ _cry_. 2. _Fulfil their... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:20. _THE LORD PRESERVETH_] He is the keeper of all them that love him. _BUT ALL THE WICKED WILL HE DESTROY._] They call not upon him; they fight against him, and he will confound and destroy them. There is something curious in the שומר _shomer_, the keeper or guardian of the pious;... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 145:21. _LET ALL FLESH BLESS HIS HOLY NAME_] He is good to all, wants to save all, actually feeds and preserves all. And as near as שמר _shamar_ is to שמד _shamad_, so near is he a _Saviour_ to those who stand on the brink of _destruction_, if they will look to him. For the application... [ Continue Reading ]