Go to, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient. "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork"; from them may his eternal power and Godhead be clearly seen. —Condensed from H. Hammond. Satan, knowing this, sets all his wits to work to deface this and disfigure it by unsound doctrine. Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. Up, dear soul! —David Dickson. Before the gods. So as to the three youths in the fiery furnace, their persecutor, Nebuchadnezzar, said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." 7. —William Greenhill. "All the kings of the earth" shall yet praise the Lord, and shall hasten with their numerous subjects to hail the triumphs of his grace. Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. He felt that he had had such good things to say concerning God, such blessed words of God to make known, that even the kings of the earth, when they began to listen to him, would become attentive, and would even become converts, and begin to praise Jehovah with him. —Thomas Watson. The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. Ver. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2. He sees God with his mind's eye, and simply addresses him with the pronoun "thee." Why should these idols rob Jehovah of his praises? When he rests, it is because, looking on his work, he sees it all "very good." Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/spe/psalms-138.html. 3. I will praise thee. (third clause). Ver. 1. Thou strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. Ver. It may also have been written many years into the exile. —Ebenezer Erskine. In this Aramaizing Psalm what the preceding Psalm says (Ps 138:6) comes to be carried into effect, viz. Peter knocked at their gate, who were assembled to seek God for him, almost as soon as their prayer knocked at heaven gate in his behalf. 7. interpret these words of the angels, and compare Psalms 29:1; but it is doubtful if the Hebrew word Elohim, used nakedly and without any explanation, can have this meaning: it is also, as it would seem, in this connection, pointless: others (Rabbins, Flamin., Delitzsch, etc.) “To be sorry for sin is no atonement for it, but it is the right spirit in which to [turn] to Jesus, who is the reconciliation and the Saviour.” (Spurgeon… Nor is it the knowledge only of truth that we obtain, but the operation and efficacy of it on our souls. 1-3. Condescension of thought marks all the dealings of God with his people. Forsake not the works of thine own hands. 6. For whatever good works there be of mine, from thee are they to me; and so they are more thine than mine. They are to be presented with an eye to God in Christ, for he is the temple: the place of divine indwelling, sacrifice, intercession, priesthood, oracle, and manifestation. Ver. "There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one": 1 John 5:7, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God": John 1:1. His nature is high above the comprehension of his creatures, and his glory even exceeds the loftiest soarings of imagination. b) Looking to the person of Christ, which was typified by the temple. 1. This is the "word" that he hath "magnified above all his name", as displaying at once the exceeding greatness of his power, the resources of his manifold wisdom, and the blended glories of holiness and love. By his word and Spirit the Lord can make the trembler brave, the sick whole, the weary bright. ... 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