Psalms 135:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. ”

• Psalms 135:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whatsoever the Lord pleased - God is an absolute sovereign. He has formed a plan, and has carried it out. He has made the world as he chose, and he has ordered all its arrangements according to h...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] (d) did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. (d) He joined God's power with his will, to the intent that we should not separate them and...

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• Psalms 135:6 - 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 135:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  heaven, and in earth. Hezekiah's expression. See App-67.

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• Psalms 135:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. Whatsoever doth please him, etc. This is that immeasurable greatness of the divine being, of which he had just spoken. He not only founded heaven and earth at first, but governs all things...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Whatsoever the Lord pleased - All that he has done is right, and therefore it is pleasing in his...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth - from Psalms 115:3 .

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• Psalms 135:6 - 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 135:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Adapted from Psalms 115:3 .

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• Psalms 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The Psalmist here praises the Lord in the contemplation of the blessings of his providence, whose power is absolute, and admits of no control.

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• Psalms 135:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whatsoever the Lord pleased, [that] did he ,.... In creation, producing into being what creatures he thought fit; in providence, doing according to his will in heaven and in earth; in grace, predest...

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• Psalms 135:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Ver. 6. Whatsoever the Lord pleased ] This the heathens did never seriously affirm of any thei...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whatsoever the Lord pleased Either in the creation or government of the world; that did he in heaven and in earth His power and jurisdiction are universal, and not like those of the heathen gods,...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 135:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Whatsoever the Lord pleased, either in, the creation or government of them, that did he in heaven and in earth; his power and jurisdiction is universal, and not like that of the heathen gods, whi...

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• Psalms 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - 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 135:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 4:13 ; Amos 9:6 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Matthew 14:25 ; Matthew 28:18 ; Matthew 8:26 ; Matthew 8:27 ; Psalms 115:3 ; Psalms 33:11 ; Psalms 33:9 ; Psalms 136:13-15

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• Psalms 135:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Seas — In the visible seas, and in the invisible depths both of the earth and of the waters.

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