The Book of PsalmsChapter 88Chapter Overview: This is the most melancholy of all the psalms: it is all lamentation, and mourning, and woe. Here we h...
PSALM 145 Psalms 145:1-21 . A Psalm of praise to God for His mighty, righteous, and gracious government of all men, and of His humble and suf...
Chapter 8989:1? I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. Maschil Maschil...
PSALM 98 Psalms 98:1-9 . In view of the wonders of grace and righteousness displayed in God's salvation, the whole creation is invited to uni...
PSALM 82 Psalms 82:1-8 . Before the great Judge, the judges of the earth are rebuked, exhorted, and threatened. 1. congregation--(Compare Ex...
PSALM 123 Psalms 123:1-4 . An earnest and expecting prayer for divine aid in distress. 1. (Compare Psalms 121:1 ). thou that dwellest--liter...
PSALM 124 Psalms 124:1-8 . The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes. 1, 2. on ...
Chapter 100100:1 A Psalm of praise. Make a a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. (a) He prophecies that Gods benefits in calling the Gentiles wi...
PSALM 140 Psalms 140:1-13 . The style of this Psalm resembles those of David in the former part of the book, presenting the usual complaint, ...
PSALM 143 Psalms 143:1-12 . In structure and style, like the preceding (Psalms 104-142), this Psalm is clearly evinced to be David's. It is a...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 81Chapter Overview: This psalm may assist us in our solemn feast - days, in praising God, for what he is, and what he has ...
Psalms 150:1 Praise ye the Lord Or, hallelujah; which, in the Targum, Septuagint, and Vulgate Latin versions, is the title of the psalm; and expresses...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 80Chapter Overview: This psalm was composed upon occasion of some calamity, which befel the tribes of Israel after their d...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. Praise high upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let the clash of the loudest music be the Lord's: l...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance. Associated with the deliverance at the Red Sea, this form of worship set forth the most ju...
PSALM 91 Psalms 91:1-16 . David is the most probable author; and the pestilence, mentioned in 2?Samuel 24:13-15 , the most probable of any s...
PSALM 96 Psalms 96:1-13 . The substance of this Psalm, and portions of the ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth, and hundredth, are found in 1?Chro...
PSALM 79 Psalms 79:1-13 . This Psalm, like the seventy-fourth, probably depicts the desolations of the Chaldeans ( Jeremiah 52:12-24 ). It co...
PSALM 126 Psalms 126:1-6 . To praise for God's favor to His people is added a prayer for its continued manifestation. 1-3. When the Lord, &c....
PSALM 148 Psalms 148:1-14 . The scope of this Psalm is the same as that of the preceding. 1. heavens [and] heights--are synonymous. 2. host...