His breath: Psalms 104:29; Genesis 2:7, Genesis 6:17; Job 14:10, Job 17:1, Job 27:3; Daniel 5:23
he returneth: Psalms 90:3; Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7
his thoughts: Job 14:21, Job 17:11; Isaiah 2:22; Lamentations 4:20; 1 Corinthians 2:6
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Psalms 146:4
Psalms 146:4
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Psalms 146 — OverviewPsalms 146 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with
Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little
compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of
Jehovah.…Psalms 146 — OverviewPsalms 146 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 146:1, The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God; Psalms 146:3, He exhorts not to trust in man; Psalms 146:5, God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted.Psalms 146 — OverviewPsalms 146 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis psalm is entitled by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, "hallelujah", of Haggai and Zechariah; and by Apollinarius, the common hymn of them: and the Syriac inscription is still more…Psalms 146:1-4Psalms 146:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDavid is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a
prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he
should be exempted from the service of praising God, that it was enough
for…Psalms 146:1-10Psalms 146:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is generally considered that…Psalms 146:1-10Psalms 146:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThree fulfillments.
There are three ways in which these verses (or most of them) have been or are fulfilled.
I. IN DIVINE PROVIDENCE. In God's dealing with his people Israel.
1. Israel found, again and again, that it…