The Book of praises, being the Book of psalms, with notes orig. and selected, by W.H. Alexander, ed. by his familyWilliam Henry Alexander 1867 |
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... thing in thy sight , O Lord God ! but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come , " & c . ( 2 Sam . vii . 18–29 . 1 Chron . xvii . 16-27 . ) What Jehovah had done was so great , that it could not be ...
... thing in thy sight , O Lord God ! but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come , " & c . ( 2 Sam . vii . 18–29 . 1 Chron . xvii . 16-27 . ) What Jehovah had done was so great , that it could not be ...
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... thing that hath breath praise the Lord . ' In this general aspect of the Psalms we may read a threefold history . First , the fortunes of the Church ; secondly , those of its antitype , the Church of Christ ; and thirdly , the progress ...
... thing that hath breath praise the Lord . ' In this general aspect of the Psalms we may read a threefold history . First , the fortunes of the Church ; secondly , those of its antitype , the Church of Christ ; and thirdly , the progress ...
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... things creeping innumerable , Both small and great beasts . There go the ships : There is that leviathan , whom thou hast made to play therein . 27-30 . These all wait upon thee That thou mayest give them their meat in due season . That ...
... things creeping innumerable , Both small and great beasts . There go the ships : There is that leviathan , whom thou hast made to play therein . 27-30 . These all wait upon thee That thou mayest give them their meat in due season . That ...
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... things to come ; but many expositors have carried these views , in various degrees , much farther ; some giving an exclusively or principally Messianic interpretation to many entire Psalms , especially those which contain any verses so ...
... things to come ; but many expositors have carried these views , in various degrees , much farther ; some giving an exclusively or principally Messianic interpretation to many entire Psalms , especially those which contain any verses so ...
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... thing , and hath done despite unto the spirit of grace ? " ( Heb . x . 28 , 29 ; see also xii . 25-29 . ) Yet with the aggravated punishment denounced against those who despise and reject the richer means of grace , the desire to ...
... thing , and hath done despite unto the spirit of grace ? " ( Heb . x . 28 , 29 ; see also xii . 25-29 . ) Yet with the aggravated punishment denounced against those who despise and reject the richer means of grace , the desire to ...
Common terms and phrases
according affliction allude ancient versions appears Asaph bless captivity Chaldee chief Musician children of men Christ Chron clause composed death declare deliverance delivered denote destruction Divine dwell earth ellipsis Elohim enemies evil expression eyes Ezrahite favour fear Gittith give glory God's hath heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hebrew word Hengstenberg holy iniquity Israel Israelites Jehovah Jerusalem Jews judgment king Korah land latter literally mercy endureth Moses mouth Neginoth occasion old versions passage person praise thee prayer preceding probably prophet Psalm of David Psalmist psaltery refer rejoice remarks rendered right hand righteous salvation sanctuary Saul seems Selah sense Septuagint Sheminith Sheol signifies song Song of degrees soul speak spirit strength supposed Syriac temple thine Thou art Thou hast thy name thy servant thy word translators trust unto the LORD unto thee verb verse voice Vulgate whole wicked wilt Zion
Popular passages
Page 377 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sorrow.
Page 80 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 229 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 115 - By the word of the LORD were the heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Page 128 - I have been young, and now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Page 195 - O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, 2 to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Page 248 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven : the lightnings lightened the world : the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 124 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Page 153 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Page 435 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.