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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth,.... Or "throats" (m); loudly declared by them. The word "praises" is not in the text, and so may be read, "the high things of God" (n); or, "the heights of God", as the Septuagint: and these are the perfections of God; as his omniscience, which is knowledge too high for a creature to attain...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, “In their throat,” says the Hebrew, for God’s saints sing deep down in their throats. There is a deeply rooted music when we praise God, which is altogether unlike the mere syllables of the lips that come from a hypocrite’s tongue. Psa_149:6. And a two-edged sword in their hand; For we have to fight...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; But let it be a spiritual sword, that two-edged sword of God’s Word which will cut through coats of mail; and as they wield it, let them ever rest satisfied that victory shall surely be theirs. One of the poetical versions of this Psalm rightly renders this verse,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To execute vengeance upon the Heathen,.... Either upon the Gentile world, in the first times of the Gospel; when the apostles, going there with the twoedged sword of the word, vehemently inveighed against the idolatry of the Heathens, and exhorted them to turn from their idols to serve the living God; and divine power going along with their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; So was it when Israel came into Canaan, ordained to execute the vengeance of God upon the heathen nations. We have no such warrant, and no such painful duty; but there is a prince who shall be bound with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; So they had to do in those old times: but we, happily, have not to do so now, except it be in a spiritual sense that, with the sword of God’s Word we are to cut down the idols of the heathen, and subdue the nations to our King.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron. Which is thought to allude to what was done to the Canaanitish kings, in the times of Joshua; and to the princes of Midian by Gideon; and to Agag by Saul; and to the Ammonites, Syrians, and others, by David: but it refers either to the first times of the Gospel, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; Reading the passage in a gospel sense, we lead men captives in the bonds of love that are stronger than fetters of iron. O soldiers of Christ, army of the living God, this is the battle you have to fight; be this your victory, too!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To execute upon them the judgment written,.... In the law, according to the Targum; either upon the seven nations of the land of Canaan, Deuteronomy 7:12; or upon all the enemies of God and his people, Deuteronomy 32:41; or rather in the Gospel; which declares, that whoever believes in Christ shall be saved, but whoever believes not shall be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Or it may be read, “He is the honour of all his saints.” “Unto you that believe he is precious,” or, “he is an honour,” says the apostle; and there is no honour like that which comes of being coupled with God, living in him, and living for him. Psa_149:9. Praise ye the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. So the Psalm ends upon its key-note, — “Hallelujah.” “Praise ye the Lord.’ Now let us turn to the 5th chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew, and see what we have to rejoice in there. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 149.; and...