Psalms 34:3
Magnify <01431> [magnify.]
praise <07311> [let us.]
Psalms 66:8
Praise <01288> [O bless.]
Loudly <06963> [make.]
Psalms 107:8
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
Psalms 107:15
Psalms 107:21
Psalms 117:1
[(Title.)]
This Psalm, the shortest in the whole collection, is written as a part of the preceding in thirty-two MSS.: it celebrates the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity, the grand type of the redemption of the world by the Messiah.
Praise <01984> [O praise.]
Applaud ..... foreigners <07623 0523> [praise him.]
Psalms 118:1
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This Psalm was probably composed by David after Nathan's prophetic address; and sung by alternate choirs at some public festival. It largely partakes of David's spirit, and everywhere shews the hand of a master; the style is grand and sublime; the subject noble and majestic.
Psalms 136:1-3
[(Title.)]
This Psalm is little else than a repetition of the preceding, with the addition of the burden, "for his mercy endureth for ever," at the end of each verse; and it was doubtless composed on the same occasion. It seems evidently to have been a responsive song; the first part of the verse being probably sung by the Levites, and the burden by the people.
Give thanks <03034> [Give thanks.]
loyal love <02617> [for his mercy.]
God ... gods <0430> [the God.]
Lord ... lords <0113> [the Lord.]
Psalms 148:11-13
kings <04428> [Kings.]
young men <0970> [young men.]
name ....... name <08034> [for his name.]
exalted <07682> [excellent. Heb. exalted.]
majesty <01935> [glory.]
Psalms 150:6
breath <05397> [Let every thing.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS. The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nations find in these compositions a language at once suitable to their feelings, and expressive of their highest joys and deepest sorrows, as well as of all the endlessly varied wishes and desires of their hearts. Whether the pious believer is disposed to indulge the exalted sentiments of praise and thanksgiving towards the ALMIGHTY FATHER of his being; to pour out his soul in penitence or prayer; to bewail, with tears of contrition, past offences; to magnify the goodness and mercy of GOD; to dwell with ecstacy on the divine attributes of wisdom and omnipotence; or to rejoice in the coming of the MESSIAH, the Psalms afford him the most perfect models for expressing all his feelings.
