Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 134
Overview:
God to be praised for his
Mercy.
(1-4) For his power and
judgments.
(5-14) The vanity of idols.
(15-21)
1-4 The subject-matter of praise, is the blessings of
Grace
flowing from the
Everlasting Love of
God. The name of
God as a
Covenant God and
Father in
Christ, blessing us with all
spiritual blessings in him, is to be loved and praised. The
Lord
chose a people to himself, that they might be unto him for a
name and a praise. If they do not praise him for this
distinguishing favour, they are the most unworthy and ungrateful
of all people.
5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his
Church, a
gracious,
Faithful, wonder-working
God. And his
Church is, and
will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his
name endures for ever. He will return in ways of
Mercy to them,
and will delight to do them good.
15-21 These verses
Arm believers against
Idolatry and all false
Worship,
By showing what sort of gods the
Heathen worshipped.
And the more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations
that
Worship idols, the more are we to be thankful that we know
better. Let us pity, and pray for, and seek to benefit benighted
heathens and deluded sinners. Let us endeavour to
Glorify his
name, and recommend his
Truth, not only with our lips, but
By
holy lives, copying the
Example of
Christ's
Goodness and
Truth.