“ Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; ”
Who smote great nations ... - To wit, those specified in the following verse.
CXXXV. The Almighty Power of Yahweh and His Favour to Israel. This Ps. is largely borrowed. Thus Psalms 135:7 is from Jeremiah 10:13 ; Jeremiah 10:10-12 from Psalms 136:7 ff., Psalms 136:14...
smote, &c. Compare Numbers 21:26 ; Numbers 21:34-35 .
10. He smote great nations He comes now to speak of the end for which God delivered them from their bondage. He did not lead his people out of Egypt, and then leave them to wander as they mi...
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Who smote ... Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bushan - the first of the subdued kings, and among the most powerful ( Amos 2:9-10 )....
A Ps. of praise suitable for public worship, beginning and ending with the liturgical Hallelujah. It is full of rich mosaics illustrating Jehovah's greatness and the vanity of idols. Psalms 134, 135...
Psalms 135:1-21 LIKE Psalms 97:1-12 ; Psalms 98:1-9 , this is a cento, or piece of mosaic work, apparently intended as a call to worship Jehovah in the Temple. His greatness, as manifested in Na...
God's Wonderful Power Psalms 135:1-12 This psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. It contains choice extracts from various psalms, which have been culled as the flowers of a garden are gather...
After the general movement of this book of the Psalter which has brought us in thought to the ultimate realisation of worship, and before the final psalms of perfected praise, we now have a section (...
In these verses the Writer adores the riches of God's grace, as instanced in the history of Israel.
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings. Or "many nations" l. The seven nations of the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites; the kings of which wer...
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Ver. 10. Who smote great nations ] Who, by their great sins, had greatly polluted their land; and filled it with filth from one end to another, Ezr...
Who smote great nations , &c. “The victories gained by Israel over Sihon and Og, in their passage to Canaan, and afterward over the idolatrous kings of that country, are further proofs of the sa...
Majesty and Goodness of God. 5 For I know that the L ORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 What...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION “We have now,” says Hengstenberg, “a group of twelve Psalms, sung after the prosperous completion of the Temple, and probably at its dedication, consisting of three new Psalms at the be...
Psalms 135:1 . Praise ye the LORD. Or, «Hallelujah.» «Hallelujah» is the key-note of it. So this is one of the Hallelujah Psalms, for so it begins; and if you look at the end, you will see that s...
This psalm is an enlargement on the subject of the preseding psalm. It calls upon the priests, the levites, and all Israel to praise the name of the Lord, on a review of his mercies to their fathers....
Praise ye the Lord. The sublime object of worship I. In His absolute goodness ( Psalms 135:1-3 ). He is “good”--essentially, eternally, infinitely, immutably. II. In His relative kindness (v...
EXPOSITION A SONG of praise to God ( Psalms 135:1-19 , Psalms 135:19 ) for: 1. His mercies to Israel ( Psalms 135:4 , Psalms 135:14 ). 2. His greatness in nature ( Psalms 135:5-19 ) a...
The Hallelujah of the Congregation and Its Servants. A hymn setting forth the wonderful relation of God to His Church, His almighty power over all the world, and His mercy in delivering His people...
Psalms 136:17-22 ; Psalms 44:2 ; Psalms 44:3