Psalms 113:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! ”

Psalms 113:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who humbleth himself ... - So high that it is necessary he should stoop even to behold the things which seem most lofty to us; and who actually does stoop thus to regard the things which he has m...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heaven . the heavens.
Psalms 113:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Psalms 113:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Psalms 113:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who humbleth himself to behold, &c.— Mudge renders the foregoing verse unitedly with this: Who is as the Lord our God, that sitteth so high, that looketh so low, in the heaven, and in the eart...
Psalms 113:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Humbleth himself. — Contrast this condescension with the indifference to human joys and sorrows which heathen deities were said to show.
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 113:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth. The persons the highest heavens, the angels whom he upholds in their beings, and admits into his presence; who always...
Psalms 113:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth! Ver. 6. Who humbleth himself ] Lo, it is a condescension in God to vouchsafe to look out of himself upon the sai...
Psalms 113:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who is so high, that it is a wonderful vouchsafement and condescension in him to take any notice or care of his holy and heavenly host, and much more of sinful and miserable men upon earth, which yet...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - 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...
Psalms 113:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise of God's Mercy toward the Lowly.
Psalms 113:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 6:2 ; Isaiah 66:2 ; Job 15:15 ; Job 4:18 ; Psalms 11:4 ; Psalms 138:6
Psalms 113:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Humbleth — Who is so high, that it is a wonderful condescention in him to take any notice of his heavenly host, and much more of sinful and miserable men upon earth.

Psalms 113:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 113:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 113:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 113:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 113:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 113:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 113:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 113:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 113:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 113:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 113:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 113:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes