Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
the First Week of Advent
the First Week of Advent
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on Psalms 117". Trapp's Complete Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/jtc/psalms-117.html. 1865-1868.
Trapp, John. "Commentary on Psalms 117". Trapp's Complete Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 1
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations — viz. For Christ, that gift, John 4:10 , that benefit, 1 Timothy 6:2 , that desire of all nations, Haggai 2:7 , that good tidings of great joy to all people, Luke 2:10 , who are by him received into the glory of God, Romans 15:7 ; Romans 15:11 , where the apostle thus applieth this Scripture; and the Jewish doctors confess that this short and sweet psalm is to be understood de beneficiis Messiae, of Christ and his benefits (Kimchi).
Praise him, all ye people — Laudationibus commendate emn, so Tremellius rendereth it; praise him with a force, and, as it were, with a violence, with all your might; ye cannot possibly overdo.
Verse 2
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
For his merciful kindness is great — Invaluit, hath prevailed over us, breaking through all obstacles and impediments, whether within us or without us, eating its way through all rocks and remoras; and though we would put it back, yet it will overcome us; his grace is irresistible, neither can it ever be taken away.
And the truth of the Lord — As his mercy alone moved him to make promise, so his truth bindeth him to perform the same. See 2 Samuel 7:18 ; 2 Samuel 7:21 . The word of promise bindeth God, and, therefore, it may seem to be stronger than God. If his merciful kindness prevail over us, as Psalms 117:1 , his truth prevaileth over him. The Jewish doctors observe that the word Emeth, here used for truth, consisteth of Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet; Mem, the middlemost letter thereof; and Tau, the last: to show that as God is Alpha and Omega, so the truth of God is the all in all of our comfort. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ; this is the sum of all the good news in the world.