Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 145

1 I Will extol thee my God O King , and I will bless thy Name for ever and ever.

Or, the King, by way of eminency, the King of kings, the God by whom Kings reign, and to whom I and all other Kings owe subjection and obedience.

Marginal references: Or, the king. Compare Je[illegible: 1+ letters]. 38. 9.

3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

In his Being, Majesty and Glory, and all Perfections.

Marginal references: Heb. and of his greatness. there is no search.; Job 5. 9. & 9. 10.

4 One generation shall praise thy works to another , and shall declare thy mighty acts.

The people that live in one age shall relate them to their posterity, and so successively in all ages.

5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty , and of thy wondrous works.

Here are divers words heaped together to intimate that no words were sufficient to express it.

Marginal references: Heb. things, or, words.

7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness , and shall sing of thy righteousness.

The memorials of thy kindness to thy people, thy never to be forgotten blessings.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word].

9 The LORD is good to all : and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Not to Israel onely, but to all mankind, whose hearts he fills with food and gladness, as it is said Acts 14. 17. yea to all his creatures, as it is in the next clause, to beasts, as well as men. See Psal. 39. 6. and 147. 9.

10 All thy works shall praise thee , O LORD, and thy saints shall bless thee.

Objectively, they give men and Angels just occasion to praise thee.

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Either, 1. all that look up to him for help: or, 2. all that are upheld: whose support is not from themselves, nor from other men, but onely from Gods powerful and good providence.

Marginal references: Psal. 146. 8.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee : and thou givest them their meat in due season .

Of all living creatures.

Expect and receive their supplies wholly from thy bounty. Expectation is here figuratively ascribed to brute creatures, as Psal. 104. 27. Rom. 8. 22.

When they need it.

Marginal references: Or, look unto thee.; Psal. 136. 25.

16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing .

Or, as divers render it, and which is more agreeable to the order of the words in the Hebrew Text, thou satisfiest every living thing with thy favour or good-will, i. e. with the fruits of thy bounty: the Pronoun thy being easily and fitly understood out of the foregoing clause.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Or rather merciful, as this word most commonly signifies. There is a mixture of mercy in the most severe and terrible works of God in this life, judgment without mercy being reserved for the next life, Iam. 2. 13. Revel. 14. 10.

Marginal references: Or, merciful, or, bountiful.

18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth .

To answer their prayers for relief.

Sincerely or with an upright heart, trusting to him, and waiting upon him in his way.

Marginal references: Deut. 4. 7.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

So far as it is agreeable to his own will, and convenient for their good; not inordinate desires, which God commonly denies to his people in mercy, and granteth to his enemies in anger.

20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy .

Frequently in this world, but infallibly in the next.