Psalms 135:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. ”

• Psalms 135:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Bless the Lord, O house of Israel ... - This passage, also, is evidently an imitation of the passage in Psalms 115:9-13 . The form in Psalms 115 , however, is rather an exhortation to trust in...

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• Psalms 135:21 - 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 135:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  out of Zion. Shows that this Psalm is an expansion of Psalms 134 . dwelleth. Figure of Speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

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• Psalms 135:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion - Who has once more restored our temple and city, and now condescends to dwell with u...

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• Psalms 135:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, &c.— Blessed be the Lord in Zion. Green. The Lord of Zion. Mudge. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, This psalm is full of praise: and, that the servants of God may neve...

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• Psalms 135:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem - ( Psalms 76:2 .) As in Psalms 134:3 , 'The Lo...

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• Psalms 135:21 - 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 135:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  From Psalms 115:9-11 , with the addition, “O house of Levi.”

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• Psalms 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  From the wretched state of the idolatrous nations around, Israel, as a nation of Priests and Levites to the Lord, is called upon to mark its distinguishing blessings, and to make a proper use of them...

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• Psalms 135:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Blessed be the Lord out of Zion ,.... This, according to Aben Ezra, was the formula of blessing to be used by the houses of Israel, Aaron, and Levi, and all that feared God; or a direction to them i...

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• Psalms 135:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. Ver. 21. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion ] Therehence he blesseth, Psalms 134:3 , and there he is to be blessed....

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• Psalms 135:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Bless the Lord, O house of Israel He who proved himself to be infinitely superior to the objects of heathen idolatry, is no less superior to every object on which deluded men can place their affect...

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• Psalms 135:21 - 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 135:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Blessed be the Lord out of Zion; by the assemblies of his people in Zion or Jerusalem. Which dwelleth at Jerusalem: this clause may be added either to distinguish the true God from the gods which...

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• Psalms 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - 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 135:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 6:6 ; Isaiah 12:6 ; Psalms 132:13 ; Psalms 132:14 ; Psalms 48:1 ; Psalms 48:9 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 76:2

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