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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, Arabic, and Syriac versions, and Apollinarius, is...
John Gill
The Lord lifteth up the meek,.... The lowly and humble souls, such as are made so by the Spirit of God; he shows them their sinfulness, and want of righteousness; the insufficiency of their own, and need of Christ's; blowing a blast upon all their goodliness, so bringing down their natural pride and haughtiness, and causing them to submit to Christ, that he alone might be exalted; such as learn...
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 that had been out-casts in Saul's time. The...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD lifteth up the meek: What a lifting up it is for them, out of the very dust where they have been trodden down by the proud and the powerful! The Lord lifts them up. Praise him for that. Psa_147:6. He casteth the wicked down to the ground. Thus he puts an end to their tyranny, and delivers those who were ground beneath their cruel power. Praise ye his name for this also. Excuse me that I...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: They are down very low in their own estimation, but the Lord lifts them up.
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth the wicked down to the ground. The Lord is the great changer of men’s positions; those that are up he throws down, and those that are down he lifts up. Thus the blessed virgin sang, “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: That is the Lord’s usual way; those that are down, he raises; but —
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth the wicked down to the ground. This is what God is always doing, uplifting and overturning, putting people and things in their right places.
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD lifteth up the meek; he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Ours is a singular God; there is none like him. He is undoing all the things that are, turning things upside down. The lowly, he lifts up; but the proud, he throws down to the ground, even into the dust. This is his way; and this is always a special note in the songs of God’s people. Remember how Mary sang, “He hath put down...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Great is our lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: How wonderful it is that the Lord should use the greatness of his power and the infinity of his understanding for the lifting up of those whom men often despise, “the meek”!
Charles H. Spurgeon
He casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man....