“ Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelletha on high, ”
Who is like unto the Lord our God? - Who can be compared with Yahweh our God? See the notes at Isaiah 40:17-25 . The meaning is, that no creature - no idol - can be compared with Yahweh. The rem...
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...
Who is like... ? This is ever the outburst of the saints' praise. See note on Exodus 15:11 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God The prophet strengthens his position for the celebration of God’s praises, by contrasting the height of his glory and power with his unbounded goodness. No...
DISCOURSE: 687 GREATNESS AND CONDESCENSION OF GOD Psalms 113:5-8 . Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in th...
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Who is like unto the Lord - Those who are highly exalted are generally unapproachable; they are proud and overbearing; or so surrounded with...
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Who (is) like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high? Who humbleth (himself) to behold (the things that are) in heaven, and in th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A most sublime thought is awakened by these verses, in the contemplation of God. To behold things in heaven, in the upper and brighter world, is wonderful condescension in him that inhabiteth the pra...
Who is like unto the Lord our God ,.... Among the gods of the nations, as Kimchi; or among the angels of heaven, or among any of the mighty monarchs on earth; there is none like him for the perfecti...
Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Ver. 5. Who is like, &c. ] See Psalms 89:6 . He is imparallel. Who dwelleth on high ] Heb. Who exalteth to dwell. Oh that we coul...
The Lord is high above all nations Superior to all princes and bodies of people in the world; and his glory above the heavens Whereas the glory of earthly monarchs is confined to this lower world...
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...
To wit, far above all heavens, as was now said, being exalted as in place, so in power and dignity, above all persons and things, visible and invisible.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Praise of God's Mercy toward the Lowly.
Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Exodus 15:11 ; Isaiah 16:5 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Jeremiah 10:6 ; Psalms 89:6 ; Psalms 89:8