“ He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. ”
He will bless them that fear the Lord - Compare Psalms 115:11 . Both small and great - Margin, as in Hebrew, with. The little with the great; children and grown persons; the poor and the ric...
CXV. The Blindness of Idolatry and the Virtue of Utter Trust in Yahweh. Psalms 115:2 f. An invisible god was unintelligible to the average heathen; he believed that the god was specially present...
He will bless. Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), taken with the last line of Psalms 115:12 . fear . revere. small and great. Both plural. Figure of speech Syntheton. App-6. and . with....
He says, both the small with the great, by which circumstance he magnifies God’s paternal regard the more, showing that he does not overlook even the meanest and most despised, provided they...
DISCOURSE: 688 TRUST IN GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 115:9-13 . O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shi...
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. He will bless them that fear the Lord, (both) small and great - ( Jeremiah 31:34 .)
In LXX 114, 115 are one Ps., while 116 is divided into two. Apparently Psalms 115 was written to be sung antiphonally: cp. the responses in Psalms 115:9-10 ; Psalms 115:11 —the first eight and th...
Them that fear the Lord — i.e. , all Israel.
Psalms 115:1-18 ISRAEL is in straits from heathen enemies, and cries to Jehovah to vindicate His own Name by delivering it. Strengthened by faith, which has been stung into action by taunts aimed...
Powerless Idols; Our Powerful God Psalms 115:1-18 Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1-8 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was b...
This third psalm in the Hallel is born of passion for the glory of the name of Jehovah. That is its opening note, and all that follows must be explained thereby. The singer's distress is heard in the...
All blessings are in the person of the Lord Jesus; and they are secured to his people in his finished salvation. So ran the original charter of grace. Genesis 12:3 . Hence; that sweet promise, Isai...
He will bless them that fear the Lord ,.... They shall want no good thing now, and have much goodness laid up for them to be enjoyed hereafter; the sun of righteousness rises upon them, and a book o...
He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great. Ver. 13. He will bless ] Such shall abound with blessings, Proverbs 28:20 . Both small and great ] Whether in age or degree, Ac...
The Lord hath been mindful of us In our former straits and calamities, and therefore we trust he will still bless us, for he is still the same; his power and goodness are the same, and his promises...
Confidence in God. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the L ORD : he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, tr...
Either in age or condition, of whatsoever quality, high and low, rich and poor; for he is no respecter of persons.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post exilie psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Maccabees. 2. Characteristics. Allusion to or quotati...
Psalms 115:1-19 . Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is i...
Whether this psalm was written after some victory, or after the removal of any calamity which had caused the heathen to boast, is not certain. But blessings of this kind, though they justly demand pr...
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory. Genuine religious consciousness I. A consciousness of God’s greatness leading to a contempt for all idols. 1. The majesty of G...
EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one of danger ( Psalms 115:2 ), but, at the same time...
Vindication of God's Glory over against the Idols. This psalm may have been a cry of Israel for the assistance of the Lord in the face of invading enemies, who placed their confidence in their hea...
Acts 13:26 ; Acts 26:22 ; Colossians 3:11 ; Luke 1:50 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Malachi 3:17 ; Malachi 4:2 ; Psalms 112:1 ; Psalms 128:1 ; Psalms 128:4 ; Psalms 128:5 ; Psalms 29:11 ; Revelation...
Both small — Of whatsoever quality, high and low, rich and poor.