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Psalms 146:5
Psalms 146:5
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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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 146:1-10Psalms 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…Psalms 146:1-10Psalms 146:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod alone worthy of trust.
"Bears evident traces of belonging to the post-Exile literature; and the words of Psalms 146:7-9 are certainly no inapt expression of the feelings which would naturally be called forth at a…
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