Psalms 135:1
[A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. (Title.)]
Bp. Patrick supposes this to be the morning hymn which the precentor called upon the Levites to sing at the opening of the gates of the temple, as the foregoing was sung at the shutting in the evening; but it is more probable that it was composed by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of the temple.
Praise ... Lord Praise ........ praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord.]
Praise .... Praise ... name ...... praise <01984 08034> [Praise ye the name.]
servants <05650> [O ye servants.]
Genesis 9:14
Genesis 9:1
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
fruitful <06509> [Be.]
Genesis 18:1
appeared <07200> [appeared.]
Mamre <04471> [Mamre.]
sitting <03427> [and he sat.]
In these verses we have a delightful picture of genuine and primitive hospitality: a venerable father sits at the tent door, not only to enjoy the current of refreshing air, but that if he saw any weary and exhausted travellers, he might invite them to rest and refresh themselves during the heat of the day, and the same custom still continues in the east. It was not the custom, nor was there any necessity, for strangers to knock at the door, or to speak first, but to stand till they were invited.
Genesis 18:1
appeared <07200> [appeared.]
Mamre <04471> [Mamre.]
sitting <03427> [and he sat.]
In these verses we have a delightful picture of genuine and primitive hospitality: a venerable father sits at the tent door, not only to enjoy the current of refreshing air, but that if he saw any weary and exhausted travellers, he might invite them to rest and refresh themselves during the heat of the day, and the same custom still continues in the east. It was not the custom, nor was there any necessity, for strangers to knock at the door, or to speak first, but to stand till they were invited.
Job 26:8-9
locks <06887> [bindeth up.]
clouds <05645> [thick clouds.]
clouds <06051> [and the cloud.]
Job 36:27-33
draws <01639> [he.]
mist <0108> [the vapour.]
spreading <04666> [the spreadings.]
thunderings <08663> [the noise.]
scattered <06566> [he.]
covered <03680> [and.]
depths <08328> [bottom. Heb. roots.]
judges <01777> [by]
supplies <05414> [he giveth.]
Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "He covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike. Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of wrath against iniquity."
thunder <07452> [noise.]
cattle <04735> [the cattle.]
<05927> [the vapour. Heb. that which goeth up.]
Job 38:24-27
rain <04305> [To cause.]
It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1,142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88¬ of the former and 11 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.
desert <04057> [on the wilderness.]
Isaiah 5:6
make <07896> [I will lay.]
prune <02168> [it shall.]
order <06680> [also.]
