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Selected Verse: Psalms 135:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 135:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Praise [01984] ye the name [08034] of the LORD [03068]; praise [01984] him, O ye servants [05650] of the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
A Psalm of praise, in which God's relations to His Church, His power in the natural world, and in delivering His people, are contrasted with the vanity of idols and idol-worship. (Psa. 135:1-21)
In the general call for praise, the priests, that stand in the house of the Lord, are specially mentioned. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Praise ye the Lord - Hebrew, Hallelu-jah. Literally, "Praise Jah," an abridged name for Yahweh. See the notes at Psa 68:4.
Praise ye the name of the Lord - The same as praising God himself.
Praise him, O ye servants of the Lord - You who are especially designated or appointed to this service, Psa 134:1. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The beginning is taken from Psa 134:1; Psa 135:2 recalls Psa 116:19 (cf. Psa 92:14); and Psa 135:4 is an echo of Deu 7:6. The servants of Jahve to whom the summons is addressed, are not, as in Psa 134:1., His official servants in particular, but according to Psa 135:2, where the courts, in the plural, are allotted to them as their standing-place, and according to Psa 135:19-20, those who fear Him as a body. The threefold Jahve at the beginning is then repeated in Jāh (הללוּ־יהּ, cf. note 1 to PsPsa 104:35), Jahve, and Jāh. The subject of כּי נעים is by no means Jahve (Hupfeld), whom they did not dare to call נעים in the Old Testament, but either the Name, according to Ps 54:8 (Luther, Hitzig), or, which is favoured by Psa 147:1 (cf. Pro 22:18), the praising of His Name (Appolinaris: ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἀείδειν): His Name to praise is a delightful employ, which is incumbent on Israel as the people of His choice and of His possession. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Praise ye the Lord - This may be considered as the title, for it has none other.
Praise ye the name of the Lord - Perhaps the original הללו את שם יהוה haleu eth shem Yehovah, should be translated, Praise ye the name Jehovah; that is, Praise God in his infinite essence of being, holiness, goodness, and truth. |
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609]. Behold, bless [01288] ye the LORD [03068], all ye servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], which by night [03915] stand [05975] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
4 Sing [07891] unto God [0430], sing praises [02167] to his name [08034]: extol [05549] him that rideth [07392] upon the heavens [06160] by his name [08034] JAH [03050], and rejoice [05937] before [06440] him.
18 For it is a pleasant thing [05273] if thou keep [08104] them within [0990] thee; they shall withal [03162] be fitted [03559] in thy lips [08193].
1 Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]: for it is good [02896] to sing praises [02167] unto our God [0430]; for it is pleasant [05273]; and praise [08416] is comely [05000].
35 Let the sinners [02400] be consumed [08552] out of the earth [0776], and let the wicked [07563] be no more. Bless [01288] thou the LORD [03068], O my soul [05315]. Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050].
19 Bless [01288] the LORD [03068], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]: bless [01288] the LORD [03068], O house [01004] of Aaron [0175]:
20 Bless [01288] the LORD [03068], O house [01004] of Levi [03878]: ye that fear [03373] the LORD [03068], bless [01288] the LORD [03068].
2 Ye that stand [05975] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of our God [0430],
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609]. Behold, bless [01288] ye the LORD [03068], all ye servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], which by night [03915] stand [05975] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
6 For thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] thee to be a special [05459] people [05971] unto himself, above all people [05971] that are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
4 For the LORD [03050] hath chosen [0977] Jacob [03290] unto himself, and Israel [03478] for his peculiar treasure [05459].
14 They shall still bring forth fruit [05107] in old age [07872]; they shall be fat [01879] and flourishing [07488];
19 In the courts [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], in the midst [08432] of thee, O Jerusalem [03389]. Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050].
2 Ye that stand [05975] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of our God [0430],
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609]. Behold, bless [01288] ye the LORD [03068], all ye servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], which by night [03915] stand [05975] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].