“ Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? ”
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? - Who can speak the great things of God? Who can find language which will suitably express what he has done, or which will “come up” in sublimity to his...
CVI. Israel's Sin. Psalms 106:1-5 . Introduction. Praise to Yahweh for His power and greatness. The writer's desire to share in Israel's joy. Psalms 106:3 . he that doeth: read they that do....
2 Who shall express. This verse is susceptible of two interpretations; for if you read it in connection with the one immediately following, the sense will be, that all men are not alike equa...
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? - His acts are all acts of might; and particularly those in behalf of his fo...
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? Praise ye the Lord - Hebrew, 'Hallelujah.' This connects our psalm with Psalms 105:45 . O give thanks unto the...
As Psalms 105 gives thanks for God's goodness, so Psalms 106 confesses Israel's sin and acknowledges God's mercy, both being illustrated in an historical retrospect from the deliverance from Egyp...
(1-5) These verses form an introduction to the psalm, and make it evident that while the writer spoke as one of a community, and for the community, he still felt his personal relation to Jehovah.
Psalms 106:1-48 THE history of God's past is a record of continuous mercies, the history of man's, one of as continuous sin. The memory of the former quickened the psalmist into his sunny song of...
Unfailing Loving-Kindness Psalms 106:1-15 Who can utter? That is an unanswered question. Not even the leader of the heavenly choir can answer it. But what blessedness it brings to the heart...
The previous psalm called the people to talk of the “marvellous works” of Jehovah. This one calls to praise, and the reason is that “His mercy endureth for ever.” This fact is then illustrated by a d...
Here is a general call to the praise of Jehovah, for his glories, as he is in himself, and for his mercies, as he is towards his people. And when the believer keeps in view the mercies of redemption...
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ?.... Or powers i; to which answers the Greek word for the miracles of Christ, Matthew 11:20 , and Kimchi here restrains them to the wonders wrought in Eg...
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise? Ver. 2. Who can utter, &c. ] i.e. To the just worth of them; none can: they are fitter to be admired than poss...
Praise ye the Lord , &c. He deserves our praises, notwithstanding all our sufferings, which are not to be imputed to him, for he is gracious and merciful, but only to our own sins. Who can show...
Praise for Divine Goodness. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for he is good: for his mercy end...
i.e. His praiseworthy actions, by a usual metonymy.
INTRODUCTION “This it the first of a series of Hallelujah Psalms: Psalms of which the word Hallelujah is, as it were, the inscription (106, 111–113, 117, 135, 146–150.). As in the last Psalm, so her...
This Psalm relates the story of God's mercy to Israel, of the people's provocation of Jehovah, and of his great patience with them. It commences with an exhortation to praise the Lord. Psalms 106:1...
This also is a Psalm of David, and is cited in 1 Chronicles 16 ., although the first and the two last verses only are there given. The subject is similar to that of the preseding psalm; and it was p...
Praise ye the Lord. The true in praise, religion, and prayer I. True. Praise and its reasons (verses 1, 2). This call to praise Jehovah is binding on all intelligent and moral creatures, becaus...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the strictly "Hallelujah psalms"— i.e. of the psalms beginning with the phrase "hallelujah"—which are Psalms 106:1-19 , Psalms 111:1-19 , Psalms 112:1-19 , P...
God's Blessings in Spite of Israel's Unfaithfulness. This psalm, whose author is not known, gives a detailed confession of the sins of Israel, as contrasted with the wonders of God's mercy, the co...
Ephesians 1:19 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; Job 26:14 ; Job 5:9 ; Nehemiah 9:5 ; Psalms 139:17 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Psalms 145:3-12 ; Psalms 40:5 ; Romans 11:33