Psalm 146:1-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 146:4

Psalms 146:4 I. On the "day" that is here referred to, when man's "breath goeth forth, and he returneth to the earth," the most affecting aspect in which you can look at him is that which is here presented. So far as the present life is concerned, and to all appearance, he has ceased to be a person, and has become a thing. II. All the thinkings of men that are not really and thoroughly true, however beautiful and magnificent they may be, and whatever favour they may find with their parents or... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 146:5

DISCOURSE: 744THE BLESSEDNESS OF TRUSTING IN GODPsalms 146:5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.HOW exalted was the frame of the Psalmist’s mind at the time he penned these words! “Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being [Note: ver. 1, 2.].” Who that reads these words does not envy him, and desire to be like him? But how shall we attain this... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Psalms 146:3

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

Psalms 146:1-10 Now the final psalms or the Hallel psalms. They begin with hallelujah and end with hallelujah in the Hebrew.Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live I will praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto God while I have any being. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goes forth, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 146:1-10

This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the captivity. Psalms 146:10 . The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy God, oh Zion. Rabbi Jarchi refers this very justly to the reign of the Messiah. His giving sight to the blind seems to be the reference in Matthew 11:2; and also Isaiah 35:5-7. Zion here spiritually signifies the new-testament church, built on the tops of the mountains, and exalted above the hills.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:1-10

Psalms 146:1-10Praise ye the Lord.HallelujahI. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2).1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured, and God is brought down from the region of debate and speculation into the realm of consciousness as the Reality of realities.2. His belief in the duty of his soul to worship. This is to have the whole soul transported with the sense of His immeasurable love and the transcendent loveliness of His... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:3-4

Psalms 146:3-4Put not your trust in princes. Dependence on man forbiddenI. Mankind are naturally disposed to do this. The young depend upon the old, and the old upon the young. The poor depend upon the rich, and the rich upon the poor. The servant depends upon his master, and the master upon the servant. The subject depends upon the ruler, and the ruler upon the subject. The child depends upon its parents, and the parent on the child. Is it strange, therefore, that such creatures as we are, in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:4-5

Psalms 146:4-5His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth.The philosophy of deathThe text refers to--I. The destiny of all.1. A special day--the day of death.2. A striking view of death.3. Man’s last earthly home.4. The cessation of mental activity.II. The peculiar privileges and happiness of a certain description of character.1. Sustained by the God of Jacob.2. Expecting all good in and from God.3. The blessedness of this character. (J. Burns, D. D.)The mortality of human thoughtI. All... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:5

Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help. The God of JacobFew of God’s names are more suggestive than the one in the verse before us--the God of Jacob. It is very instructive, for example, and very comforting too, to find that God is willing to have His name so closely associated with that of a human being. The vastness of the material universe, with all its myriad hosts of suns and stars, sometimes staggers our faith, and makes us wonder if human life can really be the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:6

Psalms 146:6Which keepeth truth for ever.Truth as an attribute of GodHe “keepeth truth for ever”--I. In nature (Psalms 19:1-14.; Job 37:1-24.).II. In the region of moral being and life. He keepeth the truth of them for ever. In all ages, in all worlds, these impalpable things, truth, honour, purity, righteousness, charity, are one and are the same. He who has learnt to love them here has eternal kindred; he who has knit his soul to them here has eternal communion; he who has dared to die for... read more

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