Psalms 135

Psalms 135:1

Light - With that first created light, which the psalmist fitly puts in the first place, as being the first of God’s visible works.

Psalms 135:2

Waters - In the waters above the heavens, as they are called, Genesis 1:7.

Psalms 135:3

Spirits - Of a spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be fitter for their employments. Fire - So called for their irresistible force and agility, and fervency in the execution of God’s commands.

Psalms 135:4

Who laid - Heb. he hath established the earth upon its own basis, whereby it stands as fast and unmoveable, as if it were built upon the strongest foundations. Forever - As long as the world continues. God has fixt so strange a place for the earth, that being an heavy body, one would think it should fall every moment. And yet which way so ever we would imagine it to stir, it must, contrary to the nature of such a body, fall upwards, and so can have no possible ruin, but by tumbling into heaven.

Psalms 135:5

The deep - In the first creation, Genesis 1:2,9.

Psalms 135:6

Rebuke - Upon thy command, Genesis 1:9. Fled - They immediately went to the place which God had allotted them.

Psalms 135:7

Go up - In that first division of the waters from the earth, part went upwards, and became springs in the mountains, the greatest part went downwards to the channels made for them.

Psalms 135:8

A bound - Even the sand of the sea - shore.

Psalms 135:10

Wild asses - Stupid creatures, and yet plentifully provided for by the Divine providence.

Psalms 135:12

The hills - Which most need moisture. From - From the clouds. Satisfied - By this means all the parts of the earth, are made fruitful. The fruit - With the effects of those sweet showers.

Psalms 135:14

Oil - He alludes to the custom of those times and places, which was upon festival occasions to anoint their faces with oil. Bread - Which preserves or renews our strength and vigour.

Psalms 135:15

Trees - Which come up, and thrive not by man’s industry, but merely by the care of God’s providence.

Psalms 135:18

For seasons - To distinguish the times, the seasons of divers natural events, as of the ebbing and flowing of waters, and other seasons for sacred and civil affairs, which were commonly regulated by the moon.

Psalms 135:19

Darkness - Which succeeds the light by virtue of thy decree.

Psalms 135:20

Roar - They roar when they come within sight of their prey. Seek - Their roaring is a kind of natural prayer to God, for relief.