Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 147:1-6
1. God’s objects of control 147:1-6 read more
詩篇 147:1-3 Rcuvts
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 147:1-20
Psalms 147God’s greatness and His grace, as in Psalms 146, are also the theme of this psalm. However, in this one, an unnamed psalmist viewed God as Sustainer more than as Creator. He provides what His creatures need."When Nehemiah and his people finished rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, restoring the gates, and resettling the people, they called a great assembly for celebration and dedication, and it is likely that this psalm was written for that occasion (Psalms 147:2; Psalms 147:12-14;... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 147:2-3
The fact that God brought His people back to the Promised Land and enabled them to rebuild Jerusalem shows that He can and does heal the brokenhearted. He heals and restores those who repent and return to Him. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 147:1-20
A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God’s mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons.2. Build up] i.e. rebuild, after the captivity.7. Sing praise] better, ’make melody.’10. Against self-reliance. 11. Hope in his mercy] better, ’wait for His lovingkindness.’17. Morsels] crumbs (of bread). Frost and snow at Jerusalem are comparatively rare. A change soon follows: cp. Psalms 147:18.19, 20. The... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 147:1
(1) Psalms 135:3 is plainly before the poet in this verse; and yet, since Psalms 33:0 is in other respects his model, it is extremely doubtful whether we ought to change the reading, so as to make a complete correspondence between the verses, or suppose that the alteration was intentional, in accordance with “praise is comely for the upright” in Psalms 33:1. (See Notes on both the passages; comp. also Psalms 92:1.) read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 147:2
(2) Build up—i.e., of course, “rebuild.” The word “outcasts,” which is that used in Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 56:8, shows that the rebuilding after the captivity is intended. The LXX. and Vulg. have “dispersion;” Symmachus, “those thrust out.” read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 147:3
(3) Broken in heart.—As in Psalms 34:18. (Comp. Isaiah 61:1.)Wounds.—See margin, and comp. Job 9:28; Proverbs 15:13. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 147:1-20
Praise and Life Psalms 147:1 ; Psalms 148:12 I. The Universal Hallelujah. One has amplified and localized and modernized the application of this Psalm because it is, perhaps, in its call to Nature to find a voice and praise the Lord, more nearly akin to our own modern thought, more like the high Christian teaching of our own poet Wordsworth than any other in the Hebrew Psalter. II. A Pagan Hymn of Praise. We should err if we thought that the idea of praise to the Most High God was either... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:1-20
Psalms 147:1-20THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two former of which are closely connected, inasmuch as the first part is mainly occupied with celebrating God’s mercy to the restored Israel, and the second takes a wider outlook, embracing His beneficence to all living things. Both these points of view are repeated in the same order in the third part (Psalms 147:12-20), which the LXX makes a separate psalm.... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 147:1
After the initial call to praise the Lord, the writer explained that such praise is pleasant and appropriate. read more