Psalms 135:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself - The descendants of Jacob. He has selected them from among all the inhabitants of the earth to be hi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the LORD hath (c) chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. (c) That is, has freely loved the posterity of Abraham.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jacob. Compare Malachi 1:2 . Romans 9:13 . Put also by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for his posterity (App-6). Israel. See notes on...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. For God hath chosen Jacob Other reasons are given afterwards why they should praise God, drawn from his government of the world. But as i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob - This is a third reason. He has...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel fo...
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 g...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Peculiar treasure ] see on Exodus 19:5 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Peculiar treasure. — A special covenant-name for Israel ( Exodus 19:5 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 , &c.), and of private property ( 1 Chronicles 29:3 ;...
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...
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...
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 p...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But the song riseth to a higher note in this verse, in the choice God hath made of Jacob, for his peculiar people. Yes this is the great mark for pra...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself ,.... To be his own special people, and not another's; for his own service, and for his glory; and to be...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. Ver. 4. For the Lord hath chosen ] God's distinguishing grace...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob , &c. Here we have a third reason why the Israelites should praise the Lord, namely, “the circumstance of their h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Majesty and Goodness of God. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the na...
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 de...
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...
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 begin...
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...
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, infinit...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord hath chosen Jacob unto Himself. A strange yet gracious choice This is a psalm of praise all through. It is to be sung to the highsound...
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 )....
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob, the patriarch and the people descended from him, unto Himself, to be His nation in a special sense, and Israel for...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 12:22 ; Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:9 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Isaiah...

⁴ For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 135:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

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

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