Psalms 36:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How excellentb is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. ”

Psalms 36:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How excellent - Margin, as in Hebrew: “precious.” The word used here is one that would be applicable to precious stones 1 Kings 10:2 , 1 Kings 10:10-11 ; or to the more costly kind of stones em...
Psalms 36:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXVI. We have here two Pss. or fragments of two Pss.: A, Psalms 36:1-4 and possibly Psalms 36:12 , and B, Psalms 36:5-11 . XXXVI. A. Psalms 36:1-4 . A denunciation of wicked Jews, who mig...
Psalms 36:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lovingkindness. Compare "mercy", Psalms 36:5 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. (App-4.), because of His creatures, the sons of men. children . sons. put their trust under . flee for refuge to. Hebre...
Psalms 36:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 O God! how precious is thy loving-kindness! Some explain these words in this sense: That the mercy of God is precious, and that the children of men who put their trust in it are precious;...
Psalms 36:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 561 THE LOVING-KINDNESS OF GOD Psalms 36:7-8 . How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be...
Psalms 36:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. How excellent is thy loving-kindness - He asks the question in the way of ad...
Psalms 36:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How excellent, &c.— The expressions here, which denote the abundance of divine blessings upon the righteous man, seem to be taken from the temple, from whence they were to issue. Under the cove...
Psalms 36:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. How excellent ... O God! - Hebrew, yaaqaar ( H3368 ), 'how precio...
Psalms 36:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. consists of two strongly contrasted pictures, one of the wickedness of the wicked man ( Psalms 36:1-4 ), and one of the goodness of God ( Psalms 36:5-9 ), followed by a prayer that the Psalm...
Psalms 36:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How excellent. — Better, how precious. Therefore... — Better, the simple conjunction, and sons of men, they find shelter, &c Shadow of thy wings. — See Psalms 17:8 , Note.
Psalms 36:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 36:1-12 THE supposition that the sombre picture of "the wicked" in Psalms 36:1-4 was originally unconnected with the glorious hymn in Psalms 36:5-9 fails to give weight to the differenc...
Psalms 36:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God the Fountain of Life Psalms 36:1-12 The servant of the Lord, as the superscription tells us, is speaking here. He is horror-stricken at the ways and thoughts of the ungodly. By a bold image...
Psalms 36:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The antithetical nature of this psalm is self-evident. In the first part (verses Psa 36:1-4), the reason and expression of the wickedness of the wicked are described. The one and only reason for tran...
Psalms 36:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful transition the Psalmist here hath made from the corruption of men, to contemplate the mercy and faithfulness of God? How beautiful also the highly finished comparisons here made of G...
Psalms 36:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God ,.... Which has appeared to men and not angels, to some and not others; to the chief of sinners, who are by nature children of wrath as others; in choosi...
Psalms 36:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Ver. 7. How excellent (Heb. precious) is thy lovingkindness!] That special...
Psalms 36:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How excellent is thy loving-kindness Or thy mercy: for it is the same word which is so rendered, Psalms 36:5 . The sense is, though all thine attributes be excellent and glorious, yet, above all...
Psalms 36:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Amazing Goodness of God; Favour of God towards His People; David's Prayers, Intercessions and Triumphs....
Psalms 36:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy loving-kindness; or, thy mercy ; for it is the same word which is used and so rendered, Psalms 36:5 . The sense is, Though all thine attributes now reckoned, and the rest of them, be excell...
Psalms 36:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What The Covenant Love Of God Offers To All Who Respond To Him ( Psalms 36:7-9 ). We now turn from what God is to what He offers. Note the change from YHWH to God, even though the offering is stil...
Psalms 36:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This psalm was written by David. From Psalms 36:1-4 he describes the rebellious; Psalms 36:5-9 he extols the various attributes of the Lord; and in Psalms 36:10-11 he add see the...
Psalms 36:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Psalms 36:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:5-7 The chief part of our text sets before us God in the variety and boundlessness of His loving nature, and the close of it shows us man sheltering beneath God's wings. I. We have, fir...
Psalms 36:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:1 . There is no fear of God before his eyes. David had some particular or general character of a wicked man before his eyes; a man who flattered himself as bearing an appearance of wisdo...
Psalms 36:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before hill eyes. A sharp contrast of sin and holiness I. the character of the wicked (Verses 1-4). Depravity...
Psalms 36:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS short psalm is mainly didactic. It places in contrast the extreme wickedness of the wicked and the inexhaustible fulness of love, faithfulness, and righteousness which characte...
Psalms 36:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curse of Estrangement from God and the Blessing of Fellowship with Him. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical services of the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who...
Psalms 36:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 4:10 ; 1 John 4:9 ; 1 Peter 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:7 ; 2 Peter 1:4 ; Exodus 34:6 ; John 3:16 ; Luke 13:34 ; Psalms 145:7 ; Psalms 145:8 ; Psalms 17:8 ; Psalms 31:19 ; Psalm...
Psalms 36:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Loving — kindness — Though all thine attributes be excellent, yet, above all, thy mercy is most excellent, or precious and amiable.

Psalms 36:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 36:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 36:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 36:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 36:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 36:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 36:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 36:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 36:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 36:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 36:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 36:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes