“ For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. ”
For I know - I, as the representative of Israel, and speaking in the, name of the people. This is said as the foundation or the reason for praise. It was the thorough conviction of the psalmist t...
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...
our LORD . Adonim. App-4. gods. Hebrew. 'elohim. App-4. Used here of earthly rulers ( Psalms 82:6 ), as representing God. See note on Exodus 22:9 , and compare Romans 13:1-7 .
5. For I know that Jehovah is great We have here a general description of the power of God, to show the Israelites that the God they worshipped was the same who made the world, and rules ove...
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. The Lord is great - Unlimited in his power: another reason. Is above all gods - Every class of being, whether idolized o...
Above all gods— That is, "Infinitely superior to all those imagined deities which other nations worship as their gods." Mudge renders the first clause, yes, I myself have experienced that the Lord...
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. For I know - from the proofs that He has given in the experience of His people individually and nationally as also in t...
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...
Adapted from Psalms 115:3 .
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 (...
The Psalmist here praises the Lord in the contemplation of the blessings of his providence, whose power is absolute, and admits of no control.
For I know that the Lord [is] great ,.... Jehovah the Father is great in his perfections; in his power, wisdom, faithfulness, grace, and goodness; and in his works of creation, providence, and grace...
For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods. Ver. 5. For I know that the Lord is great ] As well as good, Psalms 135:3 . This I believe and know, Joh 6:69 saith t...
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...
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...
Above all that are called gods, or worshipped as gods by the heathen people. And therefore seeing they commonly praise and extol their idols, it becometh you not to be silent as to the praises of y...
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 135:4-6 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...
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...
Daniel 3:29 ; Daniel 6:26 ; Daniel 6:27 ; Deuteronomy 10:17 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Jeremiah 10:11 ; Psalms 48:1 ; Psalms 86:8-10 ; Psalms 89:6 ; Psalms 95:3 ; P...