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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 33 Though this psalm has no title to it, it seems to be a psalm of David, from the style and matter of it; and indeed begins with the same words with which the preceding psalm is ended. Theodoret is of opinion it was written by David as a prophecy concerning Hezekiah, as a song to be sung by the people after the destruction...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous,.... [See comments on Psalms 32:11]; [for] praise is comely for the upright; it becomes them; it is their duty; they are bound unto it by the mercies and favours they have received; should they not give praise to God, the stones of the wall would cry out, and rebuke them for their ingratitude: it is beautiful,...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This is a psalm of praise; it is probable that David was the penman of it, but we are not told so, because God would have us look above the penmen of sacred writ, to that blessed Spirit that moved and guided them. The psalmist, in this psalm, I. Calls upon the righteous to praise God, ver. 1-3. II. Furnishes us with matter for praise. We must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. False gods were worshipped with dolorous sounds, accompanied by cutting with knives and with lancets; but our God is the happy God, and he would have his people happy. “Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous.” The praises of God are very beautiful when they are sung by holy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Notice the connection between the words “rejoice “and “praise.” Joy is the soul of praise. God is not extolled by our misery, but by our holy mirth. Be glad in the Lord, for so can you make him glorious. “Rejoice and “praise “, “for praise is comely for the upright.” Praise...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Rejoice in the Lord. Joy is the soul of praise. To delight ourselves in God is most truly to extol him, even if we let no notes of song proceed from our lips. That God is, and that he is such a God, and our God, ours for ever and ever, should wake within us an unceasing and overflowing joy. To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Praise the Lord with harp,.... An instrument David was well skilled in the use of, the inventor of which was Jubal, Genesis 4:21; sing unto, him with the psaltery; the name of this instrument is in the Hebrew language "nebel": the account which Josephus (w) gives of this, and of the former, is, "the harp is extended with ten strings, and is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. Under a dispensation of types and shadows, the use of musical instruments seemed to be necessary and suitable; but in the early Christian Church, in her purest ages, these things were discarded...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. In the old days of forms, and ceremonies, and outward worship, musical instruments were abundantly used; but in the early Christian Church there was no such thing as a musical instrument, because the believers were afraid of going back to Judaism. It is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Sing unto him a new song,.... One newly composed on account of recent mercies received; and as the mercies of God are new every morning, there ought to be a daily song of praise to him; and so a new song is a continual song, as Christ is called the "new and living way", Hebrews 10:20; because he is the everliving way; or the constant and only one,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto him a new song; For, you see, that all the music had singing with it. “Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him “Sing unto him a new song.” “Unto the Lord, unto the Lord, Oh, sing a new and joyful song!” It was only as it guided and strengthened the singing that the instrumental music was tolerated even in those early days. Psa_33:3....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the word of the Lord [is] right,.... The revealed word of God: the law of God is right; its precepts are holy, just, and good; its sanction or penalty is righteous; it is impartial unto all; it is just in condemning the wicked, and in acquitting believers on the account of Christ's perfect righteousness, by which it is magnified and made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the word of the LORD is right; Praise him for his Word, then. It is truth, it is righteousness. If we had nothing else but the Bible for which. to praise God, there would be reason enough for giving him endless praise for bestowing upon us such a priceless treasure. Psa_33:4. And all his works are done in truth. Praise him for his providence....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the word of the LORD is right; Let us praise him for his Word. Men are depreciating it; let us appreciate it. “The word of the Lord is right:” from the first page to the last it is right, emphatically right; let us praise him for it. Psa_33:4. And all his works are done in truth. The book of providence is full of truth; oh, for grace to read...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He loveth righteousness and judgment,.... Or "righteous judgment" (y); he delights in the administration of it himself, Jeremiah 9:24; and he is well pleased with acts of righteousness done by others, when done according to his word, from love to him, by faith in him, and with a view to his glory; especially he loves the righteousness of his son,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. Therefore praise him. So good a God should not be without your gratitude.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. You would think, from the way in which most people talk, that the world was full of misery and full of the anger of the Lord; but it is not. Notwithstanding all the evil that is in it, it is still true that “the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,.... The aerial and starry heavens, and the heaven of heavens, the third heaven, the seat of the divine Majesty, and the habitation of angels and glorified saints; these were "made" even out of nothing, not out of any pre-existent matter, nor were they eternal; and being made are creatures, and so not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Praise your Creator, then, the Maker of the universe.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. They did not grow out of something that was there before; they were made out of nothing “by the word of the Lord.” All the hosts of stars innumerable were created “by the breath of his mouth.”