Psalms 113:2

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. ²Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.³From the rising to the setting of the sun, the name of the LORD is praised. ⁴The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens. ⁵Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? ⁶He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. ⁷He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump ⁸to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people. ⁹He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Bible Verse Review
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Psalms 41:13, Psalms 106:48, 1 Chronicles 16:36, 1 Chronicles 29:10-13, Daniel 2:20, Ephesians 3:21, Revelation 5:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 8:1 - how Psalms 115:18 - General Psalms 121:8 - from this time Psalms 135:1 - Praise ye the name Psalms 145:1 - I will bless John 11:53 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the name of the Lord,.... Some prefix the word "saying", as directing to the matter and manner of praising the Lord, and to express themselves thus; "let the name of the Lord be blessed"; honoured, glorified, spoken well of.

From this time forth and for evermore; from the beginning of time, or as soon as time began, the Lord's name was to be praised, and was praised by the holy angels, who were present at laying the foundation of the earth, Job 38:4, and all the works of the Lord, in their way, have praised him ever since. Here it may respect the time of penning this psalm, or the time when the persons called upon commenced the servants of the Lord, the time of their conversion; a time of love, life, light, and deliverance, and therefore a time to begin to praise the Lord: or the whole time of the Gospel dispensation, to which this psalm refers; the accepted time and day of salvation, and of the Gentiles glorifying God for his mercy; in which the Lord is to be and is praised, as he will be to all eternity, by angels and glorified saints.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the name of the Lord - Blessed be the Lord; or; Let the name of the Lord be blessed.

From this time forth and for evermore - Now and forever. He is worthy of praise now, and he ever will be. What he is now, he will always continue to be; and as praise is proper now, it will be forever and ever. An eternal God has claims to eternal praise.