the Second Week after Easter
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Salmos 115:12
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayDevotionals:
- Faith'sParallel Translations
El Señor se ha acordado de nosotros; El nos bendecirá; bendecirá a la casa de Israel; bendecirá a la casa de Aarón.
Jehov� se acord� de nosotros; nos bendecir�. Bendecir� a la casa de Israel; bendecir� a la casa de Aar�n.
El SE�OR se acord� de nosotros; bendecir� sobremanera a la casa de Israel; bendecir� a la casa de Aar�n.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hath: Psalms 25:7, Psalms 136:23, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 2:24, Exodus 2:25, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 49:14-16, Acts 10:4
the house of Israel: Psalms 67:7, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Acts 3:26, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:29, Ephesians 1:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:26 - thou bless Numbers 6:27 - and I will Deuteronomy 26:15 - bless thy 2 Samuel 7:29 - let it please thee to bless Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 24:5 - receive
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord hath been mindful of us,.... The Targum is,
"the Word of the Lord hath remembered us for good.''
And is another reason why his people should trust in him: he has been mindful of his covenant with them and promises to them, and has kept them; he remembered them in their low estate, and sent redemption to them; goodness and mercy have followed them all their days. Past experiences of divine favour should encourage trust in the Lord, as well as promises of future blessings, as follow:
he will bless us; with all kind of blessings, temporal and spiritual; with blessings indeed, solid and substantial: it is certain and may be depended upon; he has promised it, and swore to it, that in blessing he will bless. Kimchi interprets it as a wish, "let him bless": the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, render it in the past tense, "he hath blessed"; but the Targum as we: and as it follows,
he will bless the house of Israel; with whom he has made his new covenant; the household of faith, the family named of Christ, the whole Israel of God.
He will bless the house of Aaron; his priests, his ministers, all that offer up spiritual sacrifices to him; he will bless them with an increase of gifts and grace, and with his presence and Spirit, and therefore they should trust in him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Lord hath been mindful of us - This would be especially appropriate if the psalm was written, as is commonly supposed, after the return from the captivity of Babylon. In such circumstances it would be every way proper to bring before the mind of the people the fact that God had remembered them and had delivered them.
He will bless us - Our past experience furnishes the fullest evidence that he will continue to bless us. He who has delivered us from so great calamities, and who has restored us to our native land after so long and so painful a captivity, will not forsake us now. There can be now no circumstances in which he cannot bestow on us all the blessings which we need; there will be none when we may not hope that he will bless us. If he could save us from such troubles, be can save us from all; if he did thus interpose, we may argue that he will always grant us his help when we need it.
He will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron - Compare Psalms 115:9-10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 115:12. The Lord hath been mindful — He has never yet wholly abandoned us to our enemies.
He will bless the house of Israel — He will bless the people as a nation; he will bless the priesthood and Levites; he will bless all of them who fear him, great and small, in whatsoever station or circumstances found. There is a great deal of emphasis in this verse: several words are redoubled to make the subject the more affecting. I give a literal translation: -
Psalms 115:12: "The Lord has been mindful of us he will bless the house of Israel; she will bless the house of Aaron.
Psalms 115:13: He will bless them that fear Jehovah, the small with the great.
Psalms 115:14: Jehovah will add upon you, upon you and upon all your children.
Psalms 115:15: Blessed are ye of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Ver. 16: The heavens of heavens are the Lord's: but the earth he hath given to the sons of Adam."
Jehovah is absolute Master of the universe. He has made the heavens of heavens, and also the earth; and this he gives to the children of Adam. When he exiled him from paradise, he turned him out into the earth, and gave it to him and his sons for ever, that they might dress, till, and eat of its produce all their days.
