Psalms 135:1

Related Commentaries of Psalms 135:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise ye the Lord - Hebrew, Hallelu-jah. Literally, “Praise Jah,” an abridged name for Yahweh. See the notes at Psalms 68:4 . Praise ye the...
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

This Psalm is probably by Hezekiah, continuing the Songs of the Degrees. Corresponds with 114 and 115. See Structure (p. 826). Praise ye THE LORD ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Praise ye the name of Jehovah Though this Psalm begins almost in the same manner with the preceding, the Psalmist would not appear to be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him , O ye servants of the LORD. Praise ye the Lord - This may be considered as the title...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, for his power, and for his judgments. The vanity of idols. An exhortation to bless God. IT has been c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. Psalms 135:1-21 .-Call to praise, as Yahweh hath c...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The psalm opens with an adaptation and expansion (comp. Psalms 116:19 ) of Psalms 134:1 . As there, the priestly class is addressed. Some, however,...
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

CONTENTS This is what is called an Hallelujah Psalm; so called, because what we translate, Praise ye the Lord, might have been preserved, Hallelujah...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The arguments here made use of for giving praises to the Lord, are very plain and unanswerable. Jehovah is to be praised on his own account, for his...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Praise ye the Lord ,.... Or hallelujah; which may be considered as the title of the psalm; as in the Targum, Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD. Ver. 1. Praise ye the Lord, Praise ye ] Praise, prais...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O ye servants of the Lord Ye priests and Levites, as in the former Psalm, or the people; that stand in the courts , &c. Either in the sanctuar...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Majesty and Goodness of God. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the na...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 135 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains an exhortation to all the Israelites, and especially to the priests and Levites, to praise God for his g...
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...
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 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

Praise ye the Lord, a mighty hallelujah, as the keynote of the entire psalm. Praise ye the name of the Lord, as He has manifested it in all His att...
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...

¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 135:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 135:1