Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:14-16
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold ... - To show more fully the propriety of praising God, and him alone as God, the psalmist institute...
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...
The idols, &c, Psalms 135:15-18 . Not "borrowed" from Psalms 115 , but repeated, and varied, because the object here is quite different. Psa...
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
With slight variations from Psalms 115:4-8 .
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...
Men become like the Gods They Serve Psalms 135:13-21 What a contrast between our God and idols! His mouth speaks words of grace; His eyes follo...
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...
What a melancholy picture of human depravity and ignorance! If the Reader wishes to see a similar portrait, he may find it, Romans 1:22-25 .
They have mouths, but they speak not ,.... Return no answer to the request and petition of their votaries; Psalms 115:5 ; eyes have they, but the...
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; Ver. 16. The idols of the heathen ] See Psalms 115:4,6 , &c.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold Here he sets forth the difference between the God of Israel and the idols of the nations, as also betw...
An Invitation to Praise. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION “We have now,” says Hengstenberg, “a group of twelve Psalms, sung after the prosperous completion of the Temple, and probably at its de...
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...
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...
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 idols. .. are silver and gold. The gold-god Idolatry consists in giving to any object, whether animate or inanimate, the work of man’s hand...
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 Hallelujah of the Congregation and Its Servants. A hymn setting forth the wonderful relation of God to His Church, His almighty power over all...
16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;