Praise ye the Lord: Heb. Hallelujah, Psalms 148:1
in the congregation: Psalms 22:22, Psalms 22:25, Psalms 68:26, Psalms 89:5, Psalms 111:1, Psalms 116:18; Hebrews 2:12
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Psalms 149:1
Psalms 149:1
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Psalms 149 — OverviewPsalms 149 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn
of praise to the Redeemer. It is a psalm of triumph in the God of
Israel, and over the enemies of Israel. Probably it was penned upon…Psalms 149 — OverviewPsalms 149 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 149:1, The prophet exhorts to praise God for his love to the church; Psalms 149:5, and for that power which he has given to the church.Psalms 149 — OverviewPsalms 149 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis psalm is thought by Calvin and others to have been written for the sake of the Jews that returned from the Babylonish captivity; and is a prediction of great and famous things done in the times of the Maccabees to…Psalms 149:1-5Psalms 149:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here,
I. The calls given to God's Israel to praise. All his works were, in
the foregoing psalm, excited to praise him; but here his saints in a
particular manner are required to bless him. Observe then,…Psalms 149:1Psalms 149:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryPraise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song. A "new song" on account of a new deliverance (comp. Psalms 33:3). The deliverance may have been one of those under Nehemiah (Nehemiah 4:7-23; Nehemiah 6:2-16). And his…Psalms 149:1Psalms 149:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ever-repeated call for a new song.
"A new song (as in Psalms 33:3; Psalms 96:1; Psalms 144:9) is the old song of praise, made new by newness of heart and newness of air." "New as expressive of all the new hopes and…