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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 147 This psalm is thought to be written by David, and according to Theodoret predicts the return of the Jews from Babylon, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Zerubbabel, which seems to be grounded on Psalms 147:2; though the words there agree well enough with the times of David; hence the title in the Septuagint, Ethiopic,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece with Ps. cxlv. that I rather think it was penned by David, and what is said (ver. 2, 13) may well enough be applied to the first building and fortifying of Jerusalem in his time, and the gathering in of those...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD: It is not enough for the Psalmist to do it himself. He wants help in it, so he says, “Praise ye the LORD.” Wake up, my brethren; bestir yourselves, my sisters; come, all of you, and unite in this holy exercise! “Praise ye the LORD.” Psa_147:1. For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; Ye that know him, ye that love him, “praise ye the Lord.” “It is good: “it is right, it is acceptable; it is good for you, the Lord counts it good. “It is good to sing praises unto our God;” and to God alone. There is no better argument for anything than that it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. “It is good,” that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a right thing “to sing praises unto our God.” “It is good,” that is to say, it is profitable, it is beneficial to our own hearts. Prayer is refreshing, but praise is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; His “our God,” whether he be the God of other men or not.’ He is “our God” by his choice of us, and by our choice of him; “our God” by eternal covenant, to whom we also pledge ourselves: “This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.” Then let us “sing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD: This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: Oh, that the Lord would do so here tonight!
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Praise ye the Lord, or Hallelujah: The flow of the broad river of the Book of Psalms ends in a cataract of praise. The present Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. Jehovah and happy praise should ever be associated in the mind of a believer. Jove was dreaded, but Jehovah is beloved. To one and all of the true seed of Israel the Psalmist...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: Praise his name for that. You love his church; be glad that he builds it up. Praise him who quarries every stone, and puts it upon the one foundation that is laid, even Jesus. Psa_147:2. He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Praise him for that. If you were once an outcast, and he has gathered you, give...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: Praise him for that. He is the great Builder, the Builder of the Church. He laid the foundations in the everlasting covenant, he carries on the building with infinite skill by his Divine Spirit: “The Lord doth build up Jerusalem.” Psa_147:2. He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. These are the stones with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: There is something for which to praise him. When the Jews came back from captivity, and found their beautiful city all in ruin, God helped them to build it up again, so they sang, “The Lord doth build up Jerusalem.” We may sing the same sacred song, for the psalmist does not say, “The Lord hath builded,” but “The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. There is the first reason for praise. The Jews were pleased to behold their city rising out of the heap of ruins, they were glad to see the scattered ones, the outcasts, coming back to their native place, and entering into citizenship in Zion. Shall not the Church of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. We want that blessing, too. Oh, that some outcasts might be gathered together! It shall make our hearts cry “Hallelujah!” indeed, if there be a building up of the church and an ingathering of the outcasts.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. Praise him for that, ye who have had broken hearts! If he has healed you, surely you should give him great praise.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. To be a builder and a physician, too, are strange offices to be combined in one, yet so it is with God. Is there a broken heart here? The Lord is ready to heal you. See how he does it. “He bindeth up their wounds,”-puts on the strapping, wraps round the linen cloth, and secures the flesh...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He healeth the broken in heart, He does it still, mark you, for the verb is in the present tense: “He healeth the broken in heart.” These are two of God’s great occupations, to gather outcasts, and to heal broken hearts.” Psa_147:3. And bindeth up their wounds. Oh, what a blessed God he is, thus to interest himself in the sorrows of mankind, to...