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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 145 David's [Psalm] of praise. This psalm is rendered by Ainsworth "a hymn of David"; and the whole book of Psalms is from hence called "the Book of Hymns"; see Ephesians 5:19; It seems to have been a psalm David took great delight in, and it may be that he often repeated and sung it, as it was made by him with great care and contrivance, in a very curious manner, as well...
John Gill
The Lord [is] gracious,.... These are the epithets of our Lord Jesus Christ, and may be truly and with great propriety said of him; he is "gracious", kind, and good, in the instances before mentioned; he is full of grace, and readily distributes it; his words are words of grace; his Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are doctrines of grace; his works are works of grace, all flowing from his...
Matthew Henry
The five foregoing psalms were all of a piece, all full of prayers; this, and the five that follow it to the end of the book, are all of a piece too, all full of praises; and though only this is entitled David's psalm yet we have no reason to think but that they were all his as well as all the foregoing prayers. And it is observable, 1. That after five psalms of prayer follow six psalms of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall sing of thy righteousness. The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; He has no passion, but he is full of compassion. What a mercy that is for us! Sometimes we hear persons say that God cannot do this or that,—that he cannot feel, and cannot suffer. That is not true, for he can do anything that he likes. A god who has no feeling is a poor god, of no service whatever to us; but “the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Slow to anger, and of great mercy. Oh, what a blessing it is for you and for me that he is slow to anger!
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is gracious, — That alone is enough to make us sinners sing, for we need grace, and “the Lord is gracious,” — Psa_145:8. And full of compassion; — There is no “passion” in him, but there is “compassion” in him; what a mercy that is for us! He is full of compassion;” — Psa_145:8. Slow to anger, and of great mercy. Hear that, ye great sinners, and ye saints who need great forbearance.