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Scott's Reference Library
November 9, 2003 | November 12, 2006 | November 8, 2009
Psalm 146:1 through Psalm 146:10 (NIV)
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The LORD reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the LORD.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-4
If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall certainly praise
him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly
pursuits seem! There is a Son of man in whom there is help, even him who is also
the Son of God, who will not fail those that trust in him. But all other sons of
men are like the man from whom they sprung, who, being in honour, did not abide.
God has given the earth to the children of men, but there is great striving
about it. Yet, after a while, no part of the earth will be their own, except
that in which their dead bodies are laid. And when man returns to his earth, in
that very day all his plans and designs vanish and are gone: what then comes of
expectations from him?
VERSES 5-10
The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the
providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for
that which is to come. The God of heaven became a man that he might become our
salvation. Though he died on the cross for our sins, and was laid in the grave,
yet his thoughts of love to us did not perish; he rose again to fulfil them.
When on earth, his miracles were examples of what he is still doing every day.
He grants deliverance to captives bound in the chains of sin and Satan. He opens
the eyes of the understanding. He feeds with the bread of life those who hunger
for salvation; and he is the constant Friend of the poor in spirit, the
helpless: with him poor sinners, that are as fatherless, find mercy; and his
kingdom shall continue for ever. Then let sinners flee to him, and believers
rejoice in him. And as the Lord shall reign for ever, let us stir up each other
to praise his holy name.