Psalm 145:8-14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:9

The Lord is good to all - There is not a soul out of hell that is not continually under his most merciful regards; so far is he from willing or decreeing before their creation the damnation of any man. His tender mercies - His bowels of compassion are over all his works; he feels for his intelligent offspring, as the most affectionate mother does for the child of her own bosom. And through this matchless mercy, these bowels of compassion, his son Jesus tasted death for every man. How far... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:10

All thy works shall praise thee - The God who is good to all. Thy saints - חסידיך chasideycha , thy compassionate ones; those who are partakers of thy great mercy, Psalm 145:8 . These shall bless thee, because they know, they feel, that thou willest the salvation of all. The dark, the gloomy, the hard-hearted, the narrow-minded bigots, who never have had thy love shed abroad in their hearts, can unfeelingly deal in the damnation of their fellows. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:12

To make known - They delight to recommend their God and Father to others. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:13

Thy dominion endureth - There is neither age nor people in and over which God does not manifest his benignly ruling power. As the above verse begins with the letter מ mem , the next in the order of the alphabet shouid begin with נ nun : but that verse is totally wanting. To say it never was in, is false, because the alphabet is not complete without it; and it is an unanswerable argument to prove the careless manner in which the Jews have preserved the Divine records. Though the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:14

The Lord upholdeth all that fall - נפלים nophelim , the falling, or those who are not able to keep their feet; the weak. He shores them up; he is their prop. No man falls through his own weakness merely; if he rely on God, the strongest foe cannot shake him. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:8

Verse 8 8.Jehovah is gracious, etc. He opens up the goodness of which he spoke by using several expressions, as that God is inclined to mercy, (for such is the proper meaning of the word חנון, channun,) and that he helps us willingly, as one sympathizing with our miseries. It is to be noticed that David has borrowed the terms which he here applies to God from that celebrated passage in Exodus 34:6; and as the inspired writers drew their doctrine from the fountain of the law, we need not wonder... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:9

Verse 9 9.Jehovah is good to all, etc. The truth here stated is of wider application than the former, for the declaration of David is to the effect, that not only does God, with fatherly indulgence and clemency, forgive sin, but is good to all without discrimination, as he makes his sun to rise upon the good and upon the wicked. (Matthew 5:45.) Forgiveness of sin is a treasure from which the wicked are excluded, but their sin and depravity does not prevent God from showering down his goodness... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:10

Verse 10 10.All thy works, etc. Though many would suppress God’s praises, observing a wicked silence regarding them, David declares that they shine forth everywhere, appear of themselves, and are sounded, as it were, by the very dumb creatures. He then assigns the special work of declaring them to believers, who have eyes to perceive God’s works, and know that they cannot be employed better than in celebrating his mercies. What is added — they shall speak the glory of thy kingdom — I consider... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 145:14

Verse 14 14.Jehovah upholding all the falling. He gives instances of the goodness and mercy of God, such as make it evident that God reigns only for the promotion of the general welfare of mankind. Bythe falling, and those who are bowed down, he means figuratively those who are overwhelmed by adversity, and would sink at once, were not God to extend his hand for their support. God, in short, has respect to the troubles of men, and helps such as are in distress, so that all ought not only to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 145:1-21

The metrical arrangement of the psalm is into three stanzas of seven verses each. read more

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