mh_parser/scraps/chapter_Ps_147_1-Ps_147_20.html
2023-12-17 15:08:46 -05:00

2 lines
2.8 KiB
HTML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<p class="tab-1">This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece with <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.145.1-Ps.145.21" href="/passage/?search=Ps.145.1-Ps.145.21">Ps. 145:1-21</a> that I rather think it was penned by David, and what is said (<a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.2,Ps.147.13" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.2,Ps.147.13"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.2">Ps. 147:2</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.13">13</span></a>) may well enough be applied to the first building and fortifying of Jerusalem in his time, and the gathering in of those that had been out-casts in Sauls time. The Septuagint divides it into two; and we may divide it into the first and second part, but both of the same import. I. We are called upon to praise God, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.1,Ps.147.7,Ps.147.12" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.1,Ps.147.7,Ps.147.12"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.1">Ps. 147:1</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.7">7</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.12">12</span></a>. II. We are furnished with matter for praise, for God is to be glorified, 1. As the God of nature, and so he is very great, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.4,Ps.147.5,Ps.147.8,Ps.147.9,Ps.147.15-Ps.147.18" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.4,Ps.147.5,Ps.147.8,Ps.147.9,Ps.147.15-Ps.147.18"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.4">Ps. 147:4</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.5">5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.8">8</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.9">9</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.15-Ps.147.18">15-18</span></a>. 2. As the God of grace, comforting his people, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.3,Ps.147.6,Ps.147.10,Ps.147.11" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.3,Ps.147.6,Ps.147.10,Ps.147.11"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.3">Ps. 147:3</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.6">6</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.10">10</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.11">11</span></a>. 3. As the God of Israel, Jerusalem, and Zion, settling their civil state (<a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.2,Ps.147.13,Ps.147.14" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.2,Ps.147.13,Ps.147.14"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.2">Ps. 147:2</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.13">13</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.14">14</span></a>), and especially settling religion among them, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.19,Ps.147.20" href="/passage/?search=Ps.147.19,Ps.147.20"><span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.19">Ps. 147:19</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Ps.147.20">20</span></a>. It is easy, in singing this psalm, to apply it to ourselves, both as to personal and national mercies, were it but as easy to do so with suitable affections.</p>