Psalms 135:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. ”

• Psalms 135:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself - The descendants of Jacob. He has selected them from among all the inhabitants of the earth to be his special people. And Israel for his peculiar t...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  For the LORD hath (c) chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. (c) That is, has freely loved the posterity of Abraham.

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Jacob. Compare Malachi 1:2 . Romans 9:13 . Put also by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for his posterity (App-6). Israel. See notes on Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:6 ; Genesis 45:26 ;...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  4. For God hath chosen Jacob Other reasons are given afterwards why they should praise God, drawn from his government of the world. But as it was only the children of Abraham who were favore...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob - This is a third reason. He has taken the Israelites for his peculiar people, סגלת...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure - ( Exodus 19:5 .) The "Fo...

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Peculiar treasure. — A special covenant-name for Israel ( Exodus 19:5 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 , &c.), and of private property ( 1 Chronicles 29:3 ; Ecclesiastes 2:8 ).

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But the song riseth to a higher note in this verse, in the choice God hath made of Jacob, for his peculiar people. Yes this is the great mark for praise, distinguishing mercies. The Bible is full of...

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• Psalms 135:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself ,.... To be his own special people, and not another's; for his own service, and for his glory; and to be an habitation for himself, and to be for ever wit...

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• Psalms 135:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. Ver. 4. For the Lord hath chosen ] God's distinguishing grace should make his elect lift up many a humble, joyf...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For the Lord hath chosen Jacob , &c. Here we have a third reason why the Israelites should praise the Lord, namely, “the circumstance of their having been selected from among the nations to be h...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Majesty and Goodness of God.       1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the name of the L ORD ; praise him, O ye servants of t...

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• Psalms 135:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 135:4-6 I. In the covenant which God made with the Jews, and in the strange events, good and bad, which He caused to happen to their nation, not only the great saints among them were taken...

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• Psalms 135:4 - 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 135:4 - 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 135:4 - 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 135:4 - 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 135:4 - 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 135:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 12:22 ; Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:9 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Isaiah 41:8 ; Isaiah 43:20 ; Isaiah 43:21 ; Malachi 3...

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