Psalms 135
DOYLYVer. 7. – he maketh lightnings for the rain;] He maketh the lightnings to attend the rain. Green. Dr. Russell, in his description of the weather at Aleppo, September, tells us, that seldom a night passes without much lightning in the north-west quarter, but not
Psalms 135:14
- — will judge his people.] Will plead for, or avenge his people. Dr. Hammond.
— will repent himself concerning his servants.] Will be gracious unto his servants. Old Translation.
- They that make them &c ) They, who form them for objects of worship, or who blindly depend upon them for favour and support, are as stupid and senseless, as the very idols themselves. Travell.
All the servants of God, they more especially who minister in the temple, are repeatedly in this, as in the foregoing Psalm, excited to praise their blessed Master. Two of the reasons assigned, why they should do this, are; first, the goodness of that Master, and secondly, the pleasantness of the employment. The latter of these reasons hath a natural and necessary dependence on the former. A sense of the Divine mercy will tune our hearts and voices to praise. We, who are upon earth, often find ourselves indisposed for the duty of thanksgiving, because the concerns of the body, the cares and pleasures of life, extinguish, for a time, this sense in us, until grace, prayer, and meditation, render it again lively
b Exod. 12. 29. † Heb. from man unto beast. c Numb. 21. 24, 25, 26, 34, 35. d Josh. 12. 7.