“ To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. ”
To bind his princes at pleasure - Giving him absolute power. The power here referred to was that which was always claimed in despotic governments, and was, and is still, actually practiced in Ori...
To bind his (m) princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. (m) That the very princes of the countries would be at Joseph's commandment, and learn wisdom from him.
CV. Hebrew History from Abraham to Joshua. Psalms 105:1-6 . Introductory. An invitation to praise God. Psalms 105:7-11 . The covenant and promise of Canaan. Psalms 105:12-25 . Yahweh's ki...
at his pleasure . according to his soul (i.e. his will). Hebrew. nephesh. senators . elders.
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
To bind his princes, &c.— To command his princes at his pleasure, and to judge his senators. The Vulgate, LXX, and Arabic, read, That he might instruct his princes like himself, and teach,...
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. -The circumstances leading to the bringing of the heirs of the promise into Egypt. The Providence of God, so f...
This Ps. and the following one form a closely connected pair, and may be looked on as by the same author. From the closing vv. of Psalms 106 it appears that they were written after the first return...
Psalms 105:1-45 IT is a reasonable conjecture that the Hallelujah at the end of Psalms 104:1-35 , where it is superfluous, properly belongs to this psalm, which would then be assimilated to Psal...
Wonders in Egypt Psalms 105:16-30 The psalmist retells the story of Joseph, as a link in the chain of providences which secured the fulfillment of the Covenant. It may be that it was also intro...
This and the following psalm are companions. They reveal the two sides of the relation between God and His people during a long period. This one sings the song of His faithfulness and power; while th...
The Reader will hardly need information as to what part of the Church's history this refers. Everyone who is in the daily habit of reading his Bible, will recollect it. When the Lord determined to ca...
To bind his princes at his pleasure ,.... Not to lay them in prison, and bind them with fetters, as he had been bound; but to give laws unto them as he pleased, and bind and oblige them to observe t...
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. Ver. 22. To bind his princes at his pleasure ] To overawe and to overrule them, to bind them in prison, if need so required, as...
Until the time that his word came Dr. Waterland renders the verse, Until the time that his saying came to pass, the word of the Lord purged him: and Green translates it, Until the time that his...
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for e...
To bind his princes by his commands, and if they were refractory, to punish them. Teach his senators; his wisest counsellors, whom he commanded to receive instructions from Joseph upon all occasi...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “like the 78th and the 106th, has for its theme the early history of Israel, and God’s wonders wrought on behalf of the nation; but it differs from both thos...
This psalm, to Psalms 105:15 , is the same as 1 Chronicles 16:8 : whence it is evident that David was the author. It celebrates the dealings of God with Israel, from the call of Abraham to their se...
To. .. teach His senators wisdom. Wisdom-taught senators I. God’s instruction of senators. God’s education of Joseph became the Divine education of the senators of Pharaoh; so we learn how stat...
EXPOSITION This is sometimes called a "Hallelujah psalm," since it ends with that phrase. It is a song of praise to God for his dealings with his people, resembling in its general character Psa...
Thanksgiving for God's Benefits. After an exhortation to praise God, directed especially to the congregation of Israel, the psalmist offers his reasons for the admonition presented, in a summary o...
Genesis 41:33 ; Genesis 41:38 ; Isaiah 19:11