the meek. meek or humble ones. Numbers 12:3.
wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha. App-44.
The Lord lifteth up the meek - The humble; the poor; the bowed down; the oppressed. See the notes at Psalms 146:8 : “The Lord raiseth them that...
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the (e) ground. (e) For the more high that the wicked climb the greater is their fall in...
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 prais...
6. Raising up, etc. The ascription of this to God fitly tends to confirm our hope under affliction, and prevent our souls from fainting un...
DISCOURSE: 746 THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD Psalms 147:5-7 . Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifte...
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. The Lord lifteth up the meek - The humbled, the afflicted.
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the groun...
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 anima...
The meek. — Or, the afflicted. (See Note Psalms 22:26 .)
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 tw...
Why We Praise the Lord Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed...
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...
I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take del...
The Lord lifteth up the meek ,.... The lowly and humble souls, such as are made so by the Spirit of God; he shows them their sinfulness, and want of...
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Ver. 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek ] This truth was well known to the ve...
Great is our Lord, and of great power “This is a proper conclusion, drawn from the former part of the Psalm, and especially from the preceding vers...
A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD : for...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 cel...
This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we r...
Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise y...
Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. «It is good,» that is t...
This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several other...
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 w...
This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS....
Praise ye the Lord. Genuine worship: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the c...
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...
Hallelujah to the God of Zion. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, H...
The Lord lifteth up the meek, those who are suffering in humility He raises up from their lowly position; He casteth the wicked down to the ground,...
1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; 2 Peter 2:4-9 ; James 4:10 ; Matthew 5:5 ; Psalms 145:14 ; Psalms 146:8 ; Psalms 146:9 ; Psalms...
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.