Remaining Chapters
1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, …
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We are here, with the greatest earnestness imaginable, excited to praise God; if, as some suppose, this psalm was primarily intended for the Levites, to stir them up to do their office in the house of the Lord, as singers and players on instruments, yet we must take it as speaking to us, who are made to our God spiritual priests. And the repeated inculcating of the call thus intimates that it is a…
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