Psalms 147:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. ”

Psalms 147:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath not dealt so with any nation - He has favored Israel more than any other people by giving them his revealed truth. This was so. There was no nation in the ancient world so favored as the...
Psalms 147:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not (n) known them. Praise ye the LORD. (n) The cause of this difference is God's free mercy, which has elected his in his...
Psalms 147:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1-11 and Psalms 147:12-20 . Psalms 147:1-11 . An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness t...
Psalms 147:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not dealt so, &c. The reference is to Exodus 20 . Compare Deuteronomy 4:7 ; Deuteronomy 4:8 . and see App-15. they have not known them. Septuagint and Vulg, read "He maketh not known to t...
Psalms 147:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. And as for his judgments - The wondrous ordinances of his law, no nation had known them...
Psalms 147:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: a...
Psalms 147:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons.
Psalms 147:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Any nation. — This boast in Israel’s peculiar and exclusive privilege may be compared with Deuteronomy 4:7 ; Deuteronomy 32:32-41 . Judgments. — Here plainly not manifestations of wrath; but,...
Psalms 147:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 147:1-20 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah ( Psalms 147:1 , Psalms 147:7 , Psalms 147:12 ) divide this psalm into three parts, the two former of which are closely connected, inasmuch...
Psalms 147:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Peace and Prosperity Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The thee and thou justify the application of the psalm to the spiritual...
Psalms 147:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)...
Psalms 147:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3 . And how...
Psalms 147:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath not dealt so with any nation ,.... Or "every nation" b; or all the nations under the heavens; only with the Jewish nation: these only for many hundreds of years were favoured with the divine...
Psalms 147:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. Ver. 20. He hath not dealt so with any nation ] He had not then; but now, blessed be...
Psalms 147:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He showeth his word unto Jacob “That word, the effects of which, upon the spiritual system, are similar to those experienced by nature in the vernal season: that word was showed unto Jacob, and bec...
Psalms 147:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem and Zion Called to Praise to God; God's Favour to Israel. 12 Praise the L ORD , O Jerusalem; praise thy God,...
Psalms 147:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He left all others to their own native darkness and blindness, and to those dim discoveries of God and of themselves which they had from the light of nature.
Psalms 147:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His...
Psalms 147:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1-19 . For it is goo...
Psalms 147:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for al...
Psalms 147:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates. Piety exulting in Divine goodness I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand of God-- 1. In the rebuilding of the city (...
Psalms 147:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall ( Nehemiah 12:27-16 ), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places...
Psalms 147:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hallelujah to the God of Zion. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation.
Psalms 147:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; Acts 14:16 ; Acts 26:18 ; Acts 26:27 ; Deuteronomy 4:32-34 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Matthew 21:33-41 ; Proverbs 29:18 ; Romans 3:1 ;...

Psalms 147:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 147:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 147:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 147:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 147:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 147:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 147:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 147:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 147:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge