Salmos 113

Salmos 113

Barnes on barak -The word bless, as applied to God, means to praise, implying always a strong affection for him as well as a sense of gratitude. As used with reference to men, the word implies a wish that they may be blessed or happy, accompanied often with a prayer that they may be so. Such is the purport of the “blessing” addressed to a congregation of worshippers. Cp. Nu. 6:23–27. Name - Jehovah's Name reveals His being, attributes, character, reputation, glory, worth. To bless or praise God's Name is our personal acknowledgement of His position, His power and His authority. Related Resources: Name of the LORD is a Strong Tower: Summary Name of the LORD is a Strong Tower: Why Should You Study It? What does it mean to bless God? | GotQuestions.org What does it mean to “bless the Lord, O my soul” in Psalm 103:1? | GotQuestions.org Why do we say, ʺGod bless you,ʺ when someone sneezes? | GotQuestions.org What does it mean to bless those who curse you (Luke 6:28)? | GotQuestions.org What is a blessing according to the Bible? What does the Bible mean by bless? | GotQuestions.org What is the blessing of Abraham? | GotQuestions.org How can we “forget not His benefits” (Psalm 103:2)? | GotQuestions.org What is the Aaronic Blessing? | GotQuestions.org Spurgeon on blessing the Name of Jehovah... While praising Him aloud (Ps 113:1), the people were also to bless Him in the silence of their hearts, wishing glory to His name, success to His cause, and triumph to His truth. By mentioning the Name, the Psalmist would teach us to bless each of the Attributes of the Most High (See Attributes of God), which are as it were the letters of His name; not quarrelling with His justice or His severity, nor servilely (slavishly) dreading His power, but accepting Him as we find Him revealed in the inspired word and by His own acts, and loving Him and praising Him as such. We must not give the Lord a new name nor invent a new nature, for that would be the setting up of a false god. Every time we think of the God of Scripture we should bless Him, and His august name should never be pronounced without joyful reverence. (Psalm 113 Commentary - The Treasury of David) Forever (05969)(olam) - Think about what the psalmist is saying - God's praise will endure through all eternity! Sinners made perfectly holy eternally offering up unceasing holy hallelujahs to the thrice Holy God. Glory! Hallelujah! El Olam, the Everlasting God will be praised forever and ever. Amen Barnes - "Now and for ever. He is worthy of praise now, and he ever will be. What he is now, he will always continue to be; and as praise is proper now, it will be for ever and ever. An eternal God has claims to eternal praise." Spurgeon on from this time forth - If we have never praised Him before, let us begin now. As the Passover (see Lev 23:5-note) stood at the beginning of the year it was well to commence the new year with blessing him Who wrought deliverance for His people. Every solemn feast had its own happy associations, and might be regarded as a fresh starting place for adoration. Are there not reasons why the reader should make the present day the opening of a year of praise? When the Lord says, "From this time will I bless you, "we ought to reply, "Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth." And for evermore: eternally. The Psalmist could not have intended that the divine praise should cease at a future date however remote. "For evermore" in reference to the praise of God must signify endless duration: are we wrong in believing that it bears the same meaning when it refers to gloomier themes? Can our hearts ever cease to praise the name of the Lord? Can we imagine a period in which the praises of Israel shall no more surround the throne of the Divine Majesty? Impossible. For ever, and more than "for ever, "if more can be, let him be magnified. (Psalm 113 Commentary - The Treasury of David) Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's NAME is to be praised. Ps 72:11,17-19 Ps 86:9 Isa 24:16 42:10-12 49:13 59:19 Hab 2:14 Mal 1:11 Ro 15:9,10 Rev 11:15) Praise Him, Praise Him, — Jesus My Blessed Redeemer by Fanny Crosby Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer! Sing, O Earth, His wonderful love proclaim! Hail Him! hail Him! highest archangels in glory; Strength and honor give to His holy Name! Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children, In His arms He carries them all day long: Refrain Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness. Praise Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song! Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer! For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died. He our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation, Hail Him! hail Him! Jesus the Crucified. Sound His praises! Jesus who bore our sorrows, Love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong. Refrain Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessèd Redeemer! Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring! Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever. Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King! Christ is coming! over the world victorious, Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong. Refrain Mal 1:11 “For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of hosts. SING HALLELUJAH ALL TIMES ALL PLACES Rising of the sun unto the going down - Most feel the this speaks primarily this speaks of space (see similar phrase in Mal 1:11 which is linked with "every place") but certainly time is not excluded (cp Ps 113:2b). In every place His Name is to be praised. Personal application - Is His praise, especially of His glorious, holy Name, ever on my lips in every place I am? If not, why not? Ignorance (e.g., of my continual need to be filled with His Spirit)? Secret sin not confessed? Bareness of busyness? etc? Adam Clarke From morning to evening be always employed in the work. Or it may be a call on all mankind to praise God for his innumerable mercies to the human race. Praise him from one end of the world unto the other. This passage reminds me of a line in Matt Redman's song 10,000 Reasons... The SUN comes up It's a new day dawning It's time to sing Your song again. Whatever man pass And whatever lies before me Let me be singing When the EVENING comes. Henry Law - Is there a spot on earth which is not witness of God's goodness? Is there a region of the globe in which this homage should not abound? Is there a living being who is not a partaker of His tender mercies? Is there a mother's son who should not testify thanksgiving? From east to west, from pole to pole, the constant sound should be adoring praise. (Psalm 113) Alan Carr adds that... praise is not supposed to be something we do when “the Spirit hits us.” Praise is supposed to be something we are engaged in at all times. God's praise is constant as the sun arcs its way across the heavens. As its course brings light to the world, praise is to be heaped on the Lord! Before we ever awoke this morning, God was being exalted in Europe and Africa. After we retire tonight, the sun will still find people lifting the praises of God in Asia. Robert Hawker... READER, let you and I seek for grace to catch the heavenly flame, and while the HOLY GHOST is thus calling upon the church to bless the LORD, that from the rising of the sun to its going down, his name shalt be great among the Gentiles, oh may we not be silent, morn or even; but with the dawn of day, as well as when the shades of night close in upon the earth, may we bless the LORD, and call upon all that is within us to praise his holy name. (Psalms 113-1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary) David describes the sun's daily journey in the context of God's natural revelation of His existence, His power, His character... Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. 6 Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat. (Ps 19:4-6) David's son Solomon says... May his name endure forever; May his name increase as long as the sun shines; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed. 18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. (Ps 72:17-19) From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same - Our aim should be to see the name of the Lord praised always all over the earth. As John Piper said “Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” Indeed, God's servants live in confidence that one day His Name will be praised from the east to the west! (Phil 2:9-10) Spurgeon on rising of the sun - In hours of morning light, when the dew is on the grass, and our soul is full of gladness, and in the hours of the setting sun, when the day is weary, and the night seems coming on, still let the Lord have the praise that is his due, for he is always to be praised. There is never an hour in which it would be unseemly to praise God. For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven; but the praising of God is never out of season. All time and all eternity may be dedicated to this blessed work. John Calvin rightly said "There is not a corner in heaven or on earth where God is not praised." And the same should be said of His earthly Temple, our bodies! In other words, we should praise Him with a whole heart, form tip to toe so to speak. Spurgeon's Exposition - From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. From early morn till eve the ceaseless hymn should rise unto Jehovah's throne, and from east to west over the whole round earth pure worship should be rendered unto his glory. So ought it to be; and blessed be God, we are not without faith that so it shall be. We trust that ere the world's dread evening comes, the glorious name of the Lord will be proclaimed among all nations, and all people shall call him blessed. At the first proclamation of the gospel the name of the Lord was glorious throughout the whole earth; shall it not be much more so ere the end shall be? At any rate, this is the desire of our souls. Meanwhile, let us endeavour to sanctify every day with praise to God. At early dawn let us emulate the opening flowers and the singing birds, Chanting every day their lauds, While the grove their song applauds; Wake for shame my sluggish heart, Wake and gladly sing thy part. It is a marvel of mercy that the sun should rise on the rebellious sons of men, and prepare for the undeserving fruitful seasons and days of pleasantness; let us for this prodigy of goodness praise the Lord of all. From hour to hour let us renew the strain, for each moment brings its mercy; and when the sun sinks to his rest, let us not cease our music, but lift up the vesper hymn— Father of heaven and earth! I bless thee for the night, The soft still night! The holy pause of care and mirth, Of sound and light. Now far in glade and dell, Flower cup, and bud, and bell Have shut around the sleeping woodlark's nest, The bee's long murmuring toils are done, And I, the over wearied one, Bless thee, O God, O Father of the oppressed! With my last waking thought. (Treasury of David—Psalm 113) Psalm 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. high: Ps 97:9 99:2 Isa 40:15,17,22)(glory: Ps 8:1 57:10,11 1Ki 8:27 Isa 66:1) HE IS WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens! Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Thy glory be above all the earth. Psalm 57:5, 11 In this next section the psalmist turns to the reasons we should praise God from Whom all blessings flow. Ps 113:4-6 emphasizes the greatness of our God. Adam Clarke He governs all, He provides for all; therefore let all give Him praise. Steven Cole It is safe to say that many of our troubles in the Christian life stem from the fact that (as J. B.