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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. All living things and all the forces and powers of nature are calling upon men to praise the Lord; and we cry to all the hosts of God, the ministers of his, that do his pleasure, “Bless ye the Lord.” 22. Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. Ye servants of his, whether ye be, wind, and rain, and snow, or whether ye be intelligent agents, so long as you are doing his pleasure, praise him as you do it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. All living things, and all the forces and powers of nature, are calling upon men to praise the Lord; and all the hosts of God, the organs of Omnipotence, ring out the grand chorus, “Bless ye the Lord.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion,.... Which some interpret of all his creatures, animate or inanimate, rational or irrational, throughout the whole world, which is all under his government; and who all of them, objectively, bless and praise the Lord, Psalms 148:7. Or rather regenerate persons, his sons and daughters,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. Do you notice that there is not a single petition in the whole of this psalm? It is all praise; and herein it is like heaven, where they cease to pray, but where they praise God without ceasing. We cannot rise to that height here, but let us both praise and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. In the spirit of that, I think, we must ever sing our hymns of praise unto God. Nay, more, our whole life be a psalm of joyous thanksgiving and thanks-living. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 103. 1Co_1:25-31.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. I must not go grumbling up to heaven, nor stumbling among the works of God, I must gratefully come to him, and myself praise him, so with the psalmist I cry, “Bless the Lord, O my soul.”