Psalm 145

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:7

Love's full-flowing spring. This is what is meant by the abundant utterance told of in this verse. It is as the waters bursting out from a full spring—irrepressible, perennial, abundant; so when the memory of God's great goodness possesses the soul, it leads to such outpouring of grateful expression as the psalmist here tells of. Now let us speak— I. OF THE SPRING ITSELF . It has two great sources. 1. God ' s great goodness . The psalm tells much of God's providential... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:7-20

The goodness of God. As the years increase we are inclined to review the past rather than forecast the future. What shall we dwell upon as we look backward? We should cherish not the recollection of past troubles and difficulties, but "the memory of God's great goodness" ( Psalms 145:7 ). And we do well to extend the field of observation beyond our own experience, and regard— I. THE VAST BREADTH OF HIS BENEFICENCE . " All his works praise him," for he is "good to all,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:8

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy . Professor Cheyne compares the epithets in a Babylonian hymn to the sun-god; but a closer parallel is to be found in Exodus 34:6 , Exodus 34:7 , "The Lord God is merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin" (see also Psalms 86:15 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:8

The slowness of the Divine anger. "Slow to anger, and of great mercy." In former homilies it has been shown that the term "anger" can only be applied to God with extreme caution and precision. Anger is a part of the possibilities belonging to man as a moral being. He would not be a man if he could not be angry. Anger is the proper response which man makes to a certain class of related circumstances. And as man is made in the image of God, we must think that everything essential to man... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works. "The Lord is good to all;" he "maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and send-eth rain on the just and on the unjust" ( Matthew 5:45 ). He "wouldeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live," And his "tender mercies," or "compassions," are not only over his human creatures, but" over all his works"—all that he has made—animals as well as men, "creeping things,"... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

The Lord is good to all. I. NEVER WAS IT MORE NECESSARY THAN NOW TO INSIST UPON THIS BLESSED REVELATION OF GOD . 1. For one main characteristic of the days in which we live is men ' s sensitiveness to human suffering . From one cause and another they have become open-eyed and tender-hearted in regard to the terrible distresses which afflict such vast portions of the human race. And this sensitiveness and compassion are unquestionably from God, and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

Recognizing God's universal goodness. "We who recognize the loving-kindness, as well as the power of God, in what may seem the harsher and more forbidding agencies of Nature, ought not to be weary and faint in our minds if over our warm human life the same kind pitying hand should sometimes cause his snow of disappointment to fall like wool, and cast forth his ice of adversity like morsels, knowing that even by these unlikely means shall ultimately be given to us, too, as to Nature, the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord (comp. Psalms 148:2-13 , where all creation is called on to praise the Lord). And thy saints shall bless thee ; or, "thy loving ones"—those who are devoted to thy service. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

The inner circle of God's worshippers. This psalm brings before us the glorious picture of universal homage rendered to God, and the reason of such homage, and the effects thereof. How vast the choir which celebrates this high praise! How varied the notes of their song! How high the value at which God estimates their praise, and how great is its volume!—it is as "the sound of many waters." In this verse we are shown both the inner and outer circles of this choir of God's worshippers, and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

Praising and blessing. Matthew Henry indicates the distinction between these terms, and the appropriateness with which each is used. "All God's works shall praise him. They all minister to us matter for praise, and so praise him according to their capacity; even those that refuse to give him honor he will get himself honor upon. But his saints (beloved ones) do bless him, not only as they have peculiar blessings from him, which other creatures have not, but as they praise him... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:7-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:10

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