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Selected Verse: Psalms 146:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 146:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Happy [0835] is he that hath the God [0410] of Jacob [03290] for his help [05828], whose hope [07664] is in the LORD [03068] his God [0430]: |
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King James |
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help - Who may rely for protection on the God who defended Jacob in his travels and dangers. Or, perhaps the word Jacob is used here collectively to denote Israel - the Jewish people: the God whom they adore and worship, rather than the gods of the pagan. Compare Psa 144:15, note; Psa 54:4, note.
Whose hope is in the Lord his God - In Yahweh, worshipped as his God. That is, who truly worships Yahweh, or makes Yahweh his God. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Man's help is of no avail; blessed is he (this is the last of the twenty-five אשׁרי of the Psalter), on the contrary, who has the God of Jacob (שׁאל like שׁיהוה in Psa 144:15) as Him in whom is his succour (בּעזרו with Beth essentiae, vid., on Psa 35:2) - he, whose confidence (שׂבר as in Psa 119:116) rests on Jahve, whom he can by faith call his God. Men often are not able to give help although they might be willing to do so: He, however, is the Almighty, the Creator of the heavens, the earth, and the sea, and of all living things that fill these three (cf. Neh 9:6). Men easily change their mind and do not keep their word: He, however, is He who keepeth truth or faithfulness, inasmuch as He unchangeably adheres to the fulfilling of His promises. שׁמר אמת is in form equivalent substantially to שׁמר חסד and שׁמר הבּרית. And that which He is able to do as being the Almighty, and cannot as being the Truthful One leave undone, is also really His mode of active manifestation made evident in practical proofs: He obtains right for the oppressed, gives bread to the hungry, and consequently proves Himself to be the succour of those who suffer wrong without doing wrong, and as the provider for those who look for their daily bread from His gracious hand. With השּׁמר, the only determinate participle, the faithfulness of God to His promises is made especially prominent. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help - While he that trusts in man is miserable, he that trusts in God is happy. In the son of man, בן אדם ben Adam, there is no help, תשועה teshuah, no saving principle. Every son of Adam naturally comes into the world without this, and must continue so till the Lord open the eyes of the blind, Psa 146:8; but a measure of light is given from that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. This son of Adam returns to his earth, לאדמתו leadmatho, to the ground, from which he was taken; this refers directly to Gen 2:7; Gen 3:19. But he that has the God for his help who helped Jacob in his distress, and was with him, and sustained him in and through all adversities, can never be destitute; for this God changes not; he lives for ever, and his projects cannot perish. He has purposed that Israel shall be delivered from this captivity. Cyrus may change, but God will not; trust therefore in Him. He has all power; he made heaven and earth; he has them under his government and at his disposal; and should earth itself fail, heaven endures. And he keeps his truth for ever; and therefore his promises must be fulfilled to them that trust in him. Fear not. |
4 Behold, God [0430] is mine helper [05826]: the Lord [0136] is with them that uphold [05564] my soul [05315].
15 Happy [0835] is that people [05971], that is in such a case [03602]: yea, happy [0835] is that people [05971], whose God [0430] is the LORD [03068].
6 Thou, even thou, art LORD [03068] alone; thou hast made [06213] heaven [08064], the heaven [08064] of heavens [08064], with all their host [06635], the earth [0776], and all things that are therein, the seas [03220], and all that is therein, and thou preservest [02421] them all; and the host [06635] of heaven [08064] worshippeth [07812] thee.
116 Uphold [05564] me according unto thy word [0565], that I may live [02421]: and let me not be ashamed [0954] of my hope [07664].
2 Take hold [02388] of shield [04043] and buckler [06793], and stand up [06965] for mine help [05833].
15 Happy [0835] is that people [05971], that is in such a case [03602]: yea, happy [0835] is that people [05971], whose God [0430] is the LORD [03068].
19 In the sweat [02188] of thy face [0639] shalt thou eat [0398] bread [03899], till [05704] thou return [07725] unto the ground [0127]; for out of it wast thou taken [03947]: for dust [06083] thou [0859] art, and unto dust [06083] shalt thou return [07725].
7 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] man [0120] of the dust [06083] of [04480] the ground [0127], and breathed [05301] into his nostrils [0639] the breath [05397] of life [02416]; and man [0120] became a living [02416] soul [05315].
8 The LORD [03068] openeth [06491] the eyes of the blind [05787]: the LORD [03068] raiseth [02210] them that are bowed down [03721]: the LORD [03068] loveth [0157] the righteous [06662]: