Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Psalms Ch.113 / 150 Ch.s
PS:113
* An exhortation to praise God.
- God has praise from his own people. They have most reason to
praise him; for those who attend him as his servants, know him
best, and receive most of his favours, and it is easy, pleasant
work to speak well of their Master. God's name ought to be
praised in every place, from east to west. Within this wide
space the Lord's name is to be praised; it ought to be so,
though it is not. Ere long it will be, when all nations shall
come and worship before him. God is exalted above all blessing
and praise. We must therefore say, with holy admiration, Who is
like unto the Lord our God? How condescending in him to behold
the things in the earth! And what amazing condescension was it
for the Son of God to come from heaven to earth, and take our
nature upon him, that he might seek and save those that were
lost! How vast his love in taking upon him the nature of man, to
ransom guilty souls! God sometimes makes glorious his own wisdom
and power, when, having some great work to do, he employs those
least likely, and least thought of for it by themselves or
others. The apostles were sent from fishing to be fishers of
men. And this is God's constant method in his kingdom of grace.
He takes men, by nature beggars, and even traitors, to be his
favourites, his children, kings and priests unto him; and
numbers them with the princes of his chosen people. He gives us
all our comforts, which are generally the more welcome when long
delayed, and no longer expected. Let us pray that those lands
which are yet barren, may speedily become fruitful, and produce
many converts to join in praising the Lord.