Psalms 135:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. ”

• Psalms 135:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The idols of the heathen are silver and gold ... - To show more fully the propriety of praising God, and him alone as God, the psalmist instituted a comparison between him and idols, showing that...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  breath. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

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• Psalms 135:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. To this verse one of Kennicott's MSS. adds the Psalms 115:6 and Psalms 115:7 of Psalms 115 .

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• Psalms 135:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. Neither is there any breath in their mouths. So far are they from speaking, that they have not even the breath...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Men become like the Gods They Serve Psalms 135:13-21 What a contrast between our God and idols! His mouth speaks words of grace; His eyes follow our every movement and watch our sleep; His ears...

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• Psalms 135:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 (...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  What a melancholy picture of human depravity and ignorance! If the Reader wishes to see a similar portrait, he may find it, Romans 1:22-25 .

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• Psalms 135:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  They have ears, but they hear not ,.... Psalms 115:6 ; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths ; they are lifeless statues, they have not so much as what the brute creatures have, breath;...

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• Psalms 135:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths. Ver. 17. Neither is there any breath in their mouths ] If they utter oracles, it was the devil in them, and by the...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The idols of the heathen are silver and gold Here he sets forth the difference between the God of Israel and the idols of the nations, as also between the worshippers of each, all tending to confir...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  An Invitation to Praise.       15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.   16 They have mou...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Psalms 135:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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....

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• Psalms 135:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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...

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• Psalms 135:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:19 ; Genesis 6:17 ; Habakkuk 2:19 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Jeremiah 51:17 ; Psalms 115:6 ; Psalms 115:7

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