46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: …
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 44-47)We have here an account of the remaining good effects of the universal joy that was at the dedication of the wall. When the solemnities of a thanksgiving day leave such impressions on ministers and people as that both are more careful and cheerful in doing their duty afterwards, then they are indeed acceptable to God and turn to a good account. So it was here. 1. The ministers were more careful th…
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