Psalms 115:13

Them that fear the Lord — i.e., all Israel.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will bless them that fear the Lord - Compare Psalms 115:11 . Both small and great - Margin, as in Hebrew, with. The little with the great...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXV. The Blindness of Idolatry and the Virtue of Utter Trust in Yahweh. Psalms 115:2 f. An invisible god was unintelligible to the average heath...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He will bless. Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), taken with the last line of Psalms 115:12 . fear . revere. small and great. Both plural....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He says, both the small with the great, by which circumstance he magnifies God’s paternal regard the more, showing that he does not overlook...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 688 TRUST IN GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 115:9-13 . O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. He will bless them that fear the Lord, (both) small and great - ( Jeremiah 31:34...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In LXX 114, 115 are one Ps., while 116 is divided into two. Apparently Psalms 115 was written to be sung antiphonally: cp. the responses in Psalms...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 115:1-18 ISRAEL is in straits from heathen enemies, and cries to Jehovah to vindicate His own Name by delivering it. Strengthened by faith,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Powerless Idols; Our Powerful God Psalms 115:1-18 Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1-8 by the whole...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This third psalm in the Hallel is born of passion for the glory of the name of Jehovah. That is its opening note, and all that follows must be explai...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All blessings are in the person of the Lord Jesus; and they are secured to his people in his finished salvation. So ran the original charter of grace...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He will bless them that fear the Lord ,.... They shall want no good thing now, and have much goodness laid up for them to be enjoyed hereafter; the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great. Ver. 13. He will bless ] Such shall abound with blessings, Proverbs 28:20 . Bo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord hath been mindful of us In our former straits and calamities, and therefore we trust he will still bless us, for he is still the same; his...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the L ORD : he is thei...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either in age or condition, of whatsoever quality, high and low, rich and poor; for he is no respecter of persons.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship uncertain. Has been ascribed to the immediate post exilie psalmists, and to the poets of the time of the Macca...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 115:1-19 . Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the hea...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is one of the Psalms, which were sung by the Jews at the feast of the Passover. It is highly probable that they were sung by our Lord on that me...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whether this psalm was written after some victory, or after the removal of any calamity which had caused the heathen to boast, is not certain. But bl...
The Biblical Illustrator

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory. Genuine religious consciousness I. A consciousness of God’s greatness leading t...
The Biblical Illustrator

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great. The equality of small and great There are thousands of young men and women who ret...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A LITURGICAL psalm, in which a divided choir, together with a leader—a priest or precentor—take separate parts. The occasion is one...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vindication of God's Glory over against the Idols. This psalm may have been a cry of Israel for the assistance of the Lord in the face of invading...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He will bless them that fear the Lord, the Church of all times, both small and great, the prominent and the leaders in the Church together with the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:26 ; Acts 26:22 ; Colossians 3:11 ; Luke 1:50 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Malachi 3:17 ; Malachi 4:2 ; Psalms 112:1 ; Psalms 128:1 ; Psalms 12...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Both small — Of whatsoever quality, high and low, rich and poor.

¹³ He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 115:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 115:13