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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 135 This psalm was written very probably by the same hand as the former. It begins in much the same manner; it has some likeness with Psalms 113 and 114. It begins and ends with "hallelujah"; and is throughout an exhortation of praise to God, on account of his name, nature, and perfections; and because of his works of creation, providence, and grace, many of which are...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,.... Up to the heavens. Aben Ezra interprets this of the mist which went up out of the earth, and watered it, Genesis 2:6; and still vapours are exhaled out of the earth by the force of the sun, and carried up into the air, and form various things, as wind, rain, c. The Targum, Kimchi, and others, explain it of the "clouds", so called...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

This is one of the Hallelujah-psalms; that is the title of it, and that is the Amen of it, both its Alpha and its Omega. I. It begins with a call to praise God, particularly a call to the "servants of the Lord" to praise him, as in the foregoing psalm, ver. 1-3. II. It goes on to furnish us with matter for praise. God is to be praised, 1. As the God of Jacob, ver. 4. 2. As the God of gods, ver....

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; That is a very wonderful work; what millions of tons of water are every day turned into vapor, and caused to ascend from different regions of the earth to fall again afterwards in cheerful, refreshing rain! What should we do if this process were suspended? It is the very life-blood of the world. Psa_135:7. He maketh lightnings for the...