Psalms 113:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. ”

• Psalms 113:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Praise ye the Lord - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Hallelujah.” See the notes at Psalms 106:1 . Praise, O ye servants of the Lord - You who profess to serve and obey him; who acknowledge him as you...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Praise ye the LORD. (a) Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. (a) By this often repetition he stirs up our cold dullness to praise God, seeing his works are so wonderful, a...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIII. God on High Cares for the Lowly. Psalms 113:7 . The dunghill is like Job's, waste and refuse heaped up outside the village and still the refuge of lepers and diseased persons of one kind o...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The third of these three Hallelujah Psalms (111, 113). The Psalms of this group are called the Hallel Psalms (113, 118). Psalms 113 and 114 were sung before the Paschal meal (but after the second o...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Praise, ye servants of Jehovah! This psalm contains abundant reasons for all men without exception to praise God. The faithful alone being endued with spiritual perception to recognize the...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Praise, O ye servants - Probably an address to the Levites. The Anglo-Saxon has praise the Lord, ye knaves. Knapa o...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, and for his mercy. THIS and the five following psalms, were by the Jews called הלל hallel, or hymns; they were made use of at the feasts of th...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. This psalm praises Yahweh as the Raiser of the poor out of the dust: Israel after the captivity primarily, a...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This Ps. begins the group (113-118) known in the Jewish Church as the Hallel Psalms, or Hymns of Praise, from hillel, to praise. They are sung at the Passover Feast—Psalms 113, 114 before the secon...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ye servants of the Lord — i.e. , Israel. (See Psalms 69:36 .)

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• Psalms 113:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 113:1-9 THIS pure burst of praise is the first of the psalms composing the Hallel, which was sung at the three great feasts (Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles), as well as a...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Mighty God Uplifteth the Lowly Psalms 113:1-9 ; Psalms 114:1-8 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalm...

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• Psalms 113:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the first of six psalms which constitute the Hallel or Hymn of Praise, which the Hebrews sang at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. This group is necessarily of special intere...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The general subject of this psalm is praise. The sacred writer calls upon all to praise the Lord, from sun-rise to sun-set. Every individual of intelligent creation is supposed to be intere...

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• Psalms 113:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE LORD’S NAME BE PRAISED! ‘Praise the name of the Lord.’ Psalms 113:1 I. As God has given Himself a name that is above every name, and has therein revealed His nature for all times and th...

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• Psalms 113:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Praise ye the Lord ,.... Or, "hallelujah". This is the title of the psalm, as in the two preceding, and directs to the principal matter of it. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord ; meaning not the a...

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• Psalms 113:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Ver. 1. Hallelujah ] See Psalms 111:1 . Praise, O ye servants of the Lord ] None but such can do it, or are...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Praise, O ye servants of the Lord Ye Levites, who are peculiarly devoted to this solemn work, and sometimes termed God's servants, in a special sense, and all you faithful souls. Blessed be the na...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  A Call to Praise God; God's Greatness and Condescension.       1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise, O ye servants of the L ORD , p...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 113 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is a declaration of God's powerful and universal providence towards all men, and especially towards his afflicted people. An exhortation for all men to praise the...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Another of the Hallelujah Psalms 2 . Date and authorship unknown. 3. The first of six Psalms in the Jewish liturgy (113–118) termed Hallel, or the Egyptian Hallel , as distinguis...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  We will read, this evening, two passages in the Word of God; the first will be Psalms 113:1 . Psalms 113:1 . Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This and the five following psalms form the great HALLEL, or hymn of praise, sung at the passover and other festivals of the Jews. They celebrate, as the word imports, the shinings forth, eradiation...

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• Psalms 113:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Praise the name of the Lord. Highest service and the highest Being I. The highest service in which intelligent creatures can engage. What is praise? Not verbal laudation, however enthusiastic i...

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• Psalms 113:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is the first of the "Hallel" psalms, or of those sung at the Feasts of the Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. It is a "Hallelujah psalm," like the two preceding, but is not al...

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• Psalms 113:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Praise ye the Lord, this being the third hallelujah psalm, setting forth the majesty of God, together with His mercy in dealing with the humble. It was used as the introduction to the great hallel su...

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• Psalms 113:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 5:19 ; Ephesians 5:20 ; Mark 2:1 ; Matthew 26:30 ; Psalms 103:20 ; Psalms 103:21 ; Psalms 134:1 ; Psalms 135:1-3 ; Psalms 135:20 ; Psalms 145:10 ; Psalms 33:1 ; Psalms 33:2 ; P...

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