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Text -- Psalms 147:1-4 (NET)
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Wesley -> Psa 147:4
He exactly knows them as we do those whom we can call by name.
JFB: Psa 147:1 - -- This and the remaining Psalms have been represented as specially designed to celebrate the rebuilding of Jerusalem (compare Neh 6:16; Neh 12:27). They...
This and the remaining Psalms have been represented as specially designed to celebrate the rebuilding of Jerusalem (compare Neh 6:16; Neh 12:27). They all open and close with the stirring call for praise. This one specially declares God's providential care towards all creatures, and particularly His people. (Psa. 147:1-20)
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JFB: Psa 147:3 - -- Though applicable to the captive Israelites, this is a general and precious truth.
Though applicable to the captive Israelites, this is a general and precious truth.
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JFB: Psa 147:4-5 - -- God's power in nature (Isa 40:26-28, and often) is presented as a pledge of His power to help His people.
God's power in nature (Isa 40:26-28, and often) is presented as a pledge of His power to help His people.
Clarke: Psa 147:1 - -- Praise is comely - It is decent, befitting, and proper that every intelligent creature should acknowledge the Supreme Being: and as he does nothing ...
Praise is comely - It is decent, befitting, and proper that every intelligent creature should acknowledge the Supreme Being: and as he does nothing but good to the children of men, so they should speak good of his name.
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Clarke: Psa 147:2 - -- The Lord doth build up - The psalmist appears to see the walls rising under his eye, because the outcasts of Israel, those who had been in captivity...
The Lord doth build up - The psalmist appears to see the walls rising under his eye, because the outcasts of Israel, those who had been in captivity, are now gathered together to do the work.
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Clarke: Psa 147:3 - -- He healeth the broken in heart - שבורי, the shivered in heart. From the root שבר shabar , to break in pieces, we have our word shiver, to ...
He healeth the broken in heart -
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Clarke: Psa 147:4 - -- He telleth the number of the stars - He whose knowledge is so exact as to tell every star in heaven, can be under no difficulty to find out and coll...
He telleth the number of the stars - He whose knowledge is so exact as to tell every star in heaven, can be under no difficulty to find out and collect all the scattered exiles of Israel.
Calvin: Psa 147:1 - -- ===Praise ye God, === etc. Though the benefits he speaks of are such as God extends to all men indiscriminately, it is plain that he addresses more es...
===Praise ye God, === etc. Though the benefits he speaks of are such as God extends to all men indiscriminately, it is plain that he addresses more especially God’s people, who alone behold his works in an enlightened manner, whereas stupidity and blindness of mind deprive others of their understanding. Nor is his subject confined to the common benefits of God, but the main thing which he celebrates is his mercy, as shown to his chosen people. That the Church may address itself to the praises of God with more alacrity, he states that this kind of exercise is good, delightful, and pleasant, by which he indirectly censures a sin which is all but universal of becoming wearied at the very mention of God, and counting it our highest pleasure to forget both God and ourselves, that we may give way to unrestrained indulgence. To teach men to take a delight in this religious exercise, the Psalmist reminds them that praise is comely, or desirable. For the term
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Calvin: Psa 147:2 - -- 2.=== Jehovah building up, === etc. He begins with the special mercy of God towards his Church and people, in choosing to adopt one nation out of all...
2.=== Jehovah building up, === etc. He begins with the special mercy of God towards his Church and people, in choosing to adopt one nation out of all others, and selecting a fixed place where his name might be called upon. When he is here called the builder of Jerusalem, the allusion is not so much to the outward form and structure, as to the spiritual worship of God. It is a common figure in treating of the Church to speak of it as a building or temple. The meaning is, that the Church was not of human erection, but formed by the supernatural power of God; for it was from no dignity of the place itself that Jerusalem became the only habitation of God in our world, nor did it come to this honor by counsel, industry, effort or power of man, but because God was pleased to consecrate it to himself. He employed the labor and instrumentality of men indeed in erecting his sanctuary there, but this ought never to take from his grace, which alone distinguished the holy city from all others. In calling God the former and architect of the Church, his object is to make us aware that by his power it remains in a firm condition, or is restored when in ruins. Hence he infers that it is in his power and arbitrament to gather those who have been dispersed. Here the Psalmist would comfort those miserable exiles who had been scattered in various quarters, with the hope of being recovered from their dispersion, as God had not adopted them without a definite purpose into one body. As he had ordered his temple and altar to be erected at Jerusalem, and had fixed his seat there, the Psalmist would encourage the Jews who were exiles from their native country, to entertain good hope of a return, intimating that it was no less properly God’s work to raise up his Church when ruined and fallen down, than to found it at first. It was not, therefore, the Psalmist’s object directly to celebrate the free mercy of God in the first institution of the Church, but to argue from its original, that God would not suffer his Church altogether to fall, having once founded it with the design of preserving it for ever; for he forsakes not the work of his own hands. This comfort ought to be improved by ourselves at the present period, when we see the Church on every side so miserably rent asunder, leading us to hope that all the elect who have been adjoined to Christ’s body, will be gathered unto the unity of the faith, although now scattered like members torn from one another, and that the mutilated body of the Church, which is daily distracted, will be restored to its entireness; for God will not suffer his work to fail.
In the following verse he insists upon the same truth, the figure suggesting that though the Church labor under, and be oppressed by many diseases, God will speedily and easily recover it from all its wounds. The same truth, therefore, is evidently conveyed, under a different form of expression — that the Church, though it may not always be in a flourishing condition, is ever safe and secure, and that God will miraculously heal it, as though it were a diseased body.
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Calvin: Psa 147:4 - -- 4.=== Numbering the multitude, === etc. As the gathering together of the people of whom the Psalmist spoke might appear to be an impossibility, there...
4.=== Numbering the multitude, === etc. As the gathering together of the people of whom the Psalmist spoke might appear to be an impossibility, there seems some ground for the opinion of those who think that he confirms it in this verse. The connection they give to the Psalmist’s words is this — that as it is at least not more difficult to gather men together who are outcast and scattered, than to number the stars, there was no reason why the wandering exile Israelites should despair of their return, provided they should resort with one consent to God as their only head. There is some probability, too, in the conjecture that the Psalmist may allude to that promise —
“Look now towards the stars of heaven, if thou canst tell them,
so shall thy seed be.” (Gen 15:5.)
But as the Psalmist immediately afterwards treats of the order of things in nature generally, the simplest rendering, I think, is to understand this verse with reference to the admirable work of God to be seen in the heavens, where we behold his matchless wisdom, in regulating, without one degree of aberration, the manifold, complex, winding courses of the stars. To each of them he assigns its fixed and distinct office, and in all the multitude there is no confusion. He therefore exclaims immediately — Great is God, and boundless, both in power and understanding. We learn from this that there cannot be greater folly than to make our judgment the measure of God’s works, displaying in these, as he often does, his incomprehensible power and wisdom.
Defender -> Psa 147:4
Defender: Psa 147:4 - -- Astronomers today estimate there are at least ten trillion trillion stars. To call them all by name God would have to be omnipresent, naming them simu...
Astronomers today estimate there are at least ten trillion trillion stars. To call them all by name God would have to be omnipresent, naming them simultaneously."
TSK: Psa 147:1 - -- for it is good : Psa 63:3-5, Psa 92:1, Psa 135:3
and praise : Psa 33:1, Psa 42:4, Psa 122:1-4; Rev 5:9-14, Rev 19:1-6
for it is good : Psa 63:3-5, Psa 92:1, Psa 135:3
and praise : Psa 33:1, Psa 42:4, Psa 122:1-4; Rev 5:9-14, Rev 19:1-6
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TSK: Psa 147:2 - -- build : Psa 51:18, Psa 102:13-16; Neh. 3:1-16, Neh 7:4; Isa 14:32, Isa 62:7; Jer 31:4; Dan 9:25; Mat 16:18
he : Psa 102:20-22; Deu 30:3; Ezr 2:64, Ezr...
build : Psa 51:18, Psa 102:13-16; Neh. 3:1-16, Neh 7:4; Isa 14:32, Isa 62:7; Jer 31:4; Dan 9:25; Mat 16:18
he : Psa 102:20-22; Deu 30:3; Ezr 2:64, Ezr 2:65, Ezr 8:1-14; Isa 11:11, Isa 11:12, Isa 27:13, Isa 56:8; Jer 32:37; Eze 36:24-38, Eze 37:21-28, Eze 38:8, Eze 39:27, Eze 39:28; Eph 2:12-19
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TSK: Psa 147:3 - -- healeth : Psa 51:17; Job 5:18; Isa 57:15, Isa 61:1; Jer 33:6; Hos 6:1, Hos 6:2; Mal 4:2; Luk 4:18
wounds : Heb. griefs, Isa 1:5, Isa 1:6
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Barnes: Psa 147:1 - -- Praise ye the Lord - Hallelu-jah. See Psa 146:1. For it is good to sing praises unto our God - See the notes at Psa 92:1 : "It is a good ...
Praise ye the Lord - Hallelu-jah. See Psa 146:1.
For it is good to sing praises unto our God - See the notes at Psa 92:1 : "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord."
For it is pleasant - See the notes at Psa 135:3 : "Sing praises unto his name, for it is pleasant."The Hebrew word is the same.
And praise is comely - Becoming; proper. See the notes at Psa 33:1 : "praise is comely for the upright."The Hebrew word is the same. If these psalms were composed for the rededication of the temple, it would not be unnatural that much of the language employed should be borrowed from earlier psalms with which the people were familiar.
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Barnes: Psa 147:2 - -- The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language wo...
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. There may be an allusion here to the language in Psa 102:16 : "When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory."See the notes at that passage. What is there spoken of as what would be in the future is here spoken of as accomplished, and as a ground of praise.
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel - Those who have been exiled from their native land, and who have been scattered as outcasts in a foreign country. This is appropriate language to use on the supposition that the psalm was composed after the return from the exile, for it is in such language that that return was predicted by the prophets. Isa 11:12 : "and he shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah,"etc. Isa 56:8 : "the Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel,"etc.
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Barnes: Psa 147:3 - -- He healeth the broken in heart - Referrring primarily to the fact that he had healed those who were crushed and broken in their long captivity,...
He healeth the broken in heart - Referrring primarily to the fact that he had healed those who were crushed and broken in their long captivity, and that he had given them comfort by returning them to their native land. At the same time, however, the language is made general, as describing a characteristic of God that he does this; that it is his character to do this. See the notes at Psa 34:18. See also Psa 51:17. Compare Isa 61:1; Luk 4:18.
And bindeth up their wounds - See the notes at Isa 1:6. Margin, griefs. The word refers to those who are afflicted with griefs and troubles. The reference is to mental sorrows; to a troubled spirit; to a heart made sad in any way. God has provided healing for such; on such he bestows peace.
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Barnes: Psa 147:4 - -- He telleth the number of the stars - He counts them all. God only can do this. The stars are so numerous that no astronomer can count them; the...
He telleth the number of the stars - He counts them all. God only can do this. The stars are so numerous that no astronomer can count them; they lie so far in the depths of space, and are so remote from each other, that no man can be so presumptuous as to suppose that he has even seen any considerable part of them, even by the aid of the most powerful telescopes.
He calleth them all by their names - As if each one had a name, and God could call them forth one by one by their names, like the muster-roll of an army. This language seems to be taken from Isa 40:26 : "Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by numbers; he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth."See the notes at that passage.
Poole: Psa 147:2 - -- Build up Jerusalem it is the Lord’ s own doing, and not man’ s.
The outcasts or, the banished , who were carried captives out of their o...
Build up Jerusalem it is the Lord’ s own doing, and not man’ s.
The outcasts or, the banished , who were carried captives out of their own land, and dispersed in divers strange countries.
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Poole: Psa 147:3 - -- The broken in heart either with the sense of their sins, or with their sorrows and grievous calamities. He seems to speak peculiarly of the captive I...
The broken in heart either with the sense of their sins, or with their sorrows and grievous calamities. He seems to speak peculiarly of the captive Israelites now returned.
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Poole: Psa 147:4 - -- He telleth the number of the stars, which no man can do, Gen 22:17 . For those thousand and twenty-five which astrononers number, are only such as a...
He telleth the number of the stars, which no man can do, Gen 22:17 . For those thousand and twenty-five which astrononers number, are only such as are most distinctly visible to the eye, and most considerable for their influences.
He calleth them all by their names: this signifies,
1. That He exactly knows them as we do those whom we can call by name; he is able to give distinct names to each of them, because he accurately understands their several natures and operations.
2. That he hath a sovereign power over them, as men have over their children, or servants, or soldiers, whom they can call by name; that he appointeth and governeth all their motions and influences to the fulfilling of his own pleasure and purposes.
Haydock: Psa 147:1 - -- The Church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the Hebrew, this psalm is joined to the foregoing.
or ...
The Church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the Hebrew, this psalm is joined to the foregoing.
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 20. Them. He hath not announced his decrees to them. This glory was reserved for Israel, Deuteronomy iv. 7. (Calmet) ---
The written law was granted to the latter. Yet God had sufficiently manifested his will to all mankind, so that they must also appear before his tribunal. (St. Chrysostom) (Berthier) ---
Alleluia. Considering that all were in the mass of sin, and that God justly let many perish; those whom he justifies are more bound to praise him; and therefore the prophet concludes this and the following psalms with Alleluia. (Worthington) ---
Christians, and particularly Catholics, are most concerned, since many have rebelled against the light of faith, (Berthier) and abuse the gift of the holy Scriptures. (Haydock)
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Haydock: Psa 147:1 - -- or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 12. Alleluia. This word is not in Hebrew. (Haydock) ---
Many with the Septuagint add, "of Aggæus and Zacharias."...
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 12. Alleluia. This word is not in Hebrew. (Haydock) ---
Many with the Septuagint add, "of Aggæus and Zacharias." (Calmet) ---
The psalm has the same object in view as the preceding. (Berthier) ---
The Fathers explain it of the Church, and of heaven. (Calmet) ---
Sion. This place was highly favoured before the captivity, and rebuilt afterwards so as to enjoy many blessings. But all this was only a figure of the privileges belong to the Church, and to the heavenly Sion, the true vision of peace. (Worthington) ---
The earthly Jerusalem was too often faithless; (Galatians iv. 26., and Hebrews xii. 22.) so that the psalmist cannot have it alone in view. (Berthier)
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Haydock: Psa 147:2 - -- or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 13. Within thee. Jerusalem was better fortified than (Haydock) other cities. But the Church is built upon a rock,...
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 13. Within thee. Jerusalem was better fortified than (Haydock) other cities. But the Church is built upon a rock, and enriched with many graces, while heaven is free from all danger, and its inhabitants secure. (Worthington) ---
Nehemias re-peopled the city, which he had surrounded with walls, (Calmet) despising the sarcasms of his enemies, 2 Esdras vii. 4.
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Haydock: Psa 147:3 - -- or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 14. Peace. To obtain this, the peace of Jesus Christ must triumph in our hearts, Colossians iii. 15. (Haydock) --...
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 14. Peace. To obtain this, the peace of Jesus Christ must triumph in our hearts, Colossians iii. 15. (Haydock) ---
Borders. People perceiving that Assuerus favoured the Jews, durst no longer attack them, 2 Esdras vi. 16. (Calmet) ---
They enjoyed peace and plenty. In the Church we have remission of sin in baptism and penance, and the spiritual food of Christ's body and blood in the blessed Eucharist, with the graces of the other sacraments. In heaven peace and joy subsist for ever. (Worthington) ---
Fat. The best (Haydock) of all sorts of fruit. (Theodoret) ---
The Fathers understand the blessed Eucharist, or the holy Scriptures. (St. Augustine, &c.) (Calmet)
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Haydock: Psa 147:4 - -- or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 15. Speech. Rain, (Kimchi) Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) or the gospel, (St. Hilary; St. Jerome) which was present...
or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 15. Speech. Rain, (Kimchi) Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) or the gospel, (St. Hilary; St. Jerome) which was presently propagated over all the earth, Romans x. 18. (Worthington) ---
God's commands are instantly obeyed. (Haydock) ---
No sooner did he speak to Saul, but he was converted, Acts ix. 4., and Hebrews iv. 12. (Berthier)
Gill: Psa 147:1 - -- Praise ye the Lord,.... When he shall reign, as Kimchi connects this psalm with the preceding; the arguments used to engage men to this work are taken...
Praise ye the Lord,.... When he shall reign, as Kimchi connects this psalm with the preceding; the arguments used to engage men to this work are taken partly from the nature of it, as in the next clauses; and partly from what the Lord is and does, as in the following verses;
for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it being agreeably to his revealed will, what he enjoins, approves of, and accepts, and is profitable to his people, as well as makes his glory; see Psa 92:1. Some render it, "because he is good", as in Psa 106:1; but the accents, and what follows, will not admit of this sense;
for it is pleasant; to our God; with which the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, join this clause; the sacrifice of praise is more pleasing to the Lord than any ceremonial sacrifice, especially when offered from a grateful heart in the name of Christ, and with a view to his glory; and it is pleasant to saints themselves, when grace is in exercise, and they make melody in their hearts to the Lord;
and praise is comely: is due to the Lord, and becomes his people to give it to him; it is but their reasonable service, and a beautiful and lovely sight it is to see the chosen, redeemed, and called of the Lamb, harping with their harps, and singing the song of redeeming love.
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Gill: Psa 147:2 - -- The Lord doth build up Jerusalem,.... Literally, after the Babylonish captivity, according to some; or rather when taken from the Jebusites by David; ...
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem,.... Literally, after the Babylonish captivity, according to some; or rather when taken from the Jebusites by David; or spiritually the church, which is often called Jerusalem, even the Gospel church, of which Christ is the builder, his ministers are instruments, his people are the materials, and which, though now greatly fallen to decay, will be rebuilt by him in the latter day; when his work will be revived among his saints, his Gospel more powerfully preached, his ordinances more purely administered, and multitudes of souls converted; and which will be matter of praise and thanksgiving, as it is now matter of prayer; see Psa 51:18;
he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel; the exiles from Babylon, as some; or rather such who in the times of the judges had been carried captive by their neighbours, or fled from their cities, in the times of Saul for fear of the Philistines, and who were gathered to their own country, cities, and houses, when David began to reign. Spiritually this regards the whole Israel of God, the elect of God, whether Jews or Gentiles, and the outcasts of them; so called, not because ever cast out or cast off by the Lord, being received into his favour, covenant, and church; but either because cast out of the company of profane men, as evil and unworthy; or cast out of Israel, the church of God, very justly, for offences given; but, being brought to repentance, are restored and gathered in again: or rather this may represent the Lord's people as in a state of nature, like the wretched infant cast out into the open field, scattered up and down in the world, in a state of distance from God, Christ, and his people; these are gathered by Christ in redemption, who came to seek and collect them together; and by his spirit in conversion, when he gathers them to himself, and into his fold; and this, as it is an occasion of joy to angels and saints, is matter of praise and thanksgiving to the outcasts themselves, thus gathered in. The Septuagint render it, to the dispersion or dispersed of Israel; see Joh 7:35.
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Gill: Psa 147:3 - -- He healeth the broken in heart,.... Christ is a physician; many are the diseases of his people; he heals them all by his blood, stripes, wounds; and a...
He healeth the broken in heart,.... Christ is a physician; many are the diseases of his people; he heals them all by his blood, stripes, wounds; and among the rest their broken hearts, which none can cure but himself; hearts broken by the word, as a hammer, accompanied with a divine power; which have a true sense of sin, and godly sorrow for it; are truly contrite, such as the Lord has a respect unto, dwells with, and accepts of; and these he heals, and only he, by pouring in oil and wine, as the good Samaritan; or by applying pardoning grace and mercy to them, streaming through his blood;
and bindeth up their wounds; or "griefs" n; and so gives them ease, health, and peace, for which they have abundant reason to call upon their souls to bless his name and sing his praise; see Psa 103:1; compare with this Isa 61:1.
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Gill: Psa 147:4 - -- He telleth the number of the stars,.... Which no man can do exactly; see Gen 15:5; the ancient astronomers pretended to tell them, as Aratus and Eudox...
He telleth the number of the stars,.... Which no man can do exactly; see Gen 15:5; the ancient astronomers pretended to tell them, as Aratus and Eudoxus o, and fixed their number at a thousand and some odd; but then these were only such as were of some magnitude and influence, and such as commonly appeared; but since the use of telescopes many are seen which were not before; and especially those clusters of them in the Milky Way cannot be distinctly discerned and told; but the Lord that made them can tell their exact number. Aben Ezra thinks this is said with respect to the outcasts of Israel scattered throughout the whole earth, as the stars are in the upper orb; and that as the Lord knows the one, he knows the other; which is not amiss, especially spiritually understood;
he calleth them all by their names; not that he calls one Jupiter and another Verus, &c. as the Heathens have done; but the sense is, that he has as perfect, distinct, and exact knowledge of them, as we have of any persons or things that we can call by name, and more so; see Isa 40:26. This may be applied to the saints, who are like to stars for the light they receive from Christ the sun of righteousness, and are a number which no man can number; but Christ knows them all distinctly and exactly, and can call them by name, and holds them in his right hand, and will preserve them; and they shall shine for ever like stars, yea, like the sun in the kingdom of his Father; so Arama interprets this of the righteous, who are compared to stars; see Dan 12:4.
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NET Notes: Psa 147:2 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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Geneva Bible: Psa 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] ( a ) pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
( a ) He shows in which we oug...
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Geneva Bible: Psa 147:2 The LORD doth build up ( b ) Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
( b ) Because the Lord is the founder of the Church, it cannot ...
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Geneva Bible: Psa 147:3 He healeth the ( c ) broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
( c ) With affliction, or sorrow for sin.
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Geneva Bible: Psa 147:4 He ( d ) telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.
( d ) Though it seems incredible to man, that God should assemble his...
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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 147:1-20
TSK Synopsis: Psa 147:1-20 - --1 The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church;4 his power and wisdom;6 his mercy;7 his providence;12 to praise him for his blessings ...
MHCC -> Psa 147:1-11
MHCC: Psa 147:1-11 - --Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 147:1-11
Matthew Henry: Psa 147:1-11 - -- Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Psa...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 147:1-6
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 147:1-6 - --
The Hallelujah, as in Psa 135:3, is based upon the fact, that to sing of our God, or to celebrate our God in song ( זמּר with an accusative of t...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...
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Constable: Psa 147:1-20 - --Psalm 147
God's greatness and His grace are also the theme of this psalm. However in this one an unnamed...
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