Genesis 15:5; Isaiah 40:26; Psalms 148:3; Psalms 8:3
He telleth the number of the stars - He counts them all. God only can do this. The stars are so numerous that no astronomer can count them; they...
He (d) telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names. (d) Though it seems incredible to man, that God should assemble his Ch...
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...
stars... names. See App-12. Compare Isaiah 40:26 . names. The reference is to the knowledge of the "names" in building up the nation of Israel....
4. Numbering the multitude, etc. As the gathering together of the people of whom the Psalmist spoke might appear to be an impossibility, t...
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. He telleth the number of the stars - He whose knowledge is so exact as to t...
He telleth the number of the stars, &c.— i.e. "He as distinctly and exactly knows them, how numerous soever they be, (see Genesis 15:5 .) and...
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. He telleth (or, literally, determines) the number of the stars; he ca...
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...
Stars. — This proof of God’s power to help, by reference to the stars of heaven, which are beyond man’s power to count, much more to name, but whic...
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 consider this subject spiritually. For the building of Jerusalem is peculiarly the office of Christ. When the Lord promises to lift up an ensign to...
GOD’S BUILDING ‘The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up the...
He telleth the number of the stars ,.... Which no man can do exactly; see Genesis 15:5 ; the ancient astronomers pretended to tell them, as Aratus...
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names. Ver. 4. He telleth the number of the stars ] Which to man is impossible,...
He telleth the number of the stars Which no man can do, for those which astronomers number are only such as are most distinctly visible to the eye,...
A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD : for...
He telleth the number of the stars, which no man can do, Genesis 22:17 . For those thousand and twenty-five which astrononers number, are only suc...
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...
Psalms 147:2-5 The text reveals the constructive side of Divine government: I. As shown in the building up of the Church. That He should do so sh...
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...
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem. The greatness and gentleness of God The text reveals the constructive side of the Divine government. I. As...
He healeth the broken in heart. God’s relation to sorrowing souls and to starry systems I. His relation to sorrowing souls. “He healeth the bro...
He telleth the number of the stars. The stars and the Cross As the best, known constellation in our northern hemisphere is Ursa Major (someti...
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...
He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names, bringing them forth, by creative action, in numbers agreeing with His almight...
Calleth them — He exactly knows them as we do those whom we can call by name.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.