This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ It is not enough for the Psalmist to do it himself. He wants help in it, so he says, «... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is acceptable; it is good for you, the Lord counts it good. «It is good to sing praises unto our God;» and to... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a right thing «to sing praises unto our God.» «It is good,» that is to say, it is profitable, it is ben... [ Continue Reading ]
This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;_ His «our God,» whether he be the God of oth... [ Continue Reading ]
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 praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem:_... [ Continue Reading ]