Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 145:11
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
11. thy power ] Thy might, as in Psa 145:4 ; Psa 145:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom – Of thy reign; of the great principles of thy government and laws. They see in that reign evidence that thou art worthy of universal praise. Seeing this, it becomes to them a subject on which they talk or converse (compare Mal 3:16) – a subject of interest to their hearts, and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. People talk about that which interests them; those things in which they have pleasure; those which they desire to understand; those in which they see difficulties that they would wish to have solved. It is one of the characteristics of the saints – of the people of God – that they do talk about God and his kingdom; that the subject is to them a pleasant theme of meditation and conversation; that they have the kind of pleasure in talking about God which other people have in conversing about their farms or their merchandise, their children and friends, the news of the day, politics, literature, or science.
And talk of thy power – As put forth in the works of creation; as manifested in the dispensations of thy providence; as evinced in the conversion of sinners; as displayed in carrying thy truth around the world; as exhibited in sustaining fine sufferer, and in giving peace and support to the dying.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 145:11
They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom.
Christian conversation
It is much to be regretted that true children of the Lord often talk too little of Him. What is the conversation of half the professors of the present day? Honesty compels us to say that, in many cases, it is a mass of froth and falsehood, and, in many more cases, it is altogether objectionable; if it is not light and frivolous, it is utterly apart from the Gospel, and does not minister grace unto the hearers. One of the great lacks of the Church nowadays is not so much Christian preaching as Christian talking,–not so much Christian prayer in the prayer-meeting as Christian conversation in the parlour. How little do we hear concerning Christi
I. A subject for conversation.
1. The glory of Christs kingdom.
(1) Make known His mighty acts. Tell it the wide world oer that the Lord of hosts is the God of battles; He is the conqueror of men and of devils; He is Master in His own dominions. Tell ye the glory of His kingdom, and rehearse His mighty acts. Christian, exhaust that theme if thou canst.
(2) Then, in speaking of the glory of Christs kingdom, talk of its glorious majesty (verse 12). Tell of the crown of grace which He wears continually; tell of the crown of victory which perpetually proclaims the triumphs He has won over the foe; tell of the crown of love wherewith His Father crowned Him in the day of His espousals to His Church,–the crown which He has won by ten thousand hearts which He has broken, and untold myriads of spirits which He has bound up.
(3) Talk of its duration, for much of the honour of the Kingdom depends upon the time it has lasted (verse 13).
2. Christs power.
(1) Upholding (verse 14).
(2) Exalting (verse 14).
(3) Providing (verse 15).
II. The causes which will make Christians talk of the glory of Christs kingdom and His power?
1. One cause is, that it is the kingdom of their own King.
2. The Christian must talk of the Kings victories because all those victories were won for Him; he recollects that his Master never fought a battle for Himself,–never slew an enemy for Himself. He slew them all for His people.
3. The Christian must talk of it because he himself has had a good share in fighting some of the battles. You know how old soldiers will shoulder their crutch, and tell how fields were won. Recollect that you have been a soldier in the army of the Lord; and that, in the last day, when He gives away the medals in heaven, you will have one; when He gives away the crowns, you will have one. We can talk about the battles, for we were in them; we can speak of the victories, for we helped to win them. It is to our own praise as well as to our Masters when we talk of His wondrous acts.
4. But the best reason why the Christian should talk of his Master is this, if he has Christ in his heart, the truth must come out; he cannot help it.
III. What would be the effect of our talking more of Christs kingdom and power?
1. The first effect would be that the world would believe us more.
2. If our conversations were more concerning Christ, we, as Christian men, should grow faster, and be more happy. In this way you would remove bickerings better than by all the sermons that could be preached, and be promoting a true evangelical alliance far more excellent and efficient than all the alliances which Than can form.
3. If we oftener talked of Christ like this, how useful we might be in the salvation of souls! Souls are often converted through godly conversation. Simple words frequently do more good than long sermons. Disjointed, unconnected sentences are often of more use than the most finely polished periods or rounded Sentences. If you would be useful, let the praises of Christ be ever on your tongue; let Him live on your lips. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Declaring Gods doings
Of one of the statues in the Campanile, Florence, it is said that Donatello, when giving it the last stroke of his chisel, exclaimed in enthusiastic admiration, Speak! So Christ, when He calls men from their sins and recreated them in His own image, says, Tell what things God hath done for you.
The glory of Christs kingdom
I. In its origin. It was the object of the divine and eternal purposes of the Father; an object to which all other purposes were subservient. It entered into the councils of the Eternal before the foundation of the world was laid. It was a grand design, intended to include the reign of God over the mind and heart of man; a purpose to establish a kingdom, the subject, s of which should be raised to be partakers of the same nature as their Sovereign.
II. In the manner and spirit of its administration (2Sa 23:1-4; Isa 11:4-5; Mat 11:28; Luk 17:21; Rom 14:17; 2Co 3:3; Joh 10:4-5; Joh 17:24; Joh 14:3).
III. In the character of His subjects.
1. They are enlightened: they have just conceptions of things; they are delivered out of darkness, which envelops the rest of mankind, as the children of Israel had light in the land of Goshen when the habitations of the Egyptians were in darkness.
2. They are renewed: the Spirit of God changes their heart; they are made imperfectly, yet truly holy; they have a principle in them that aims at perfection; their characters are mixed, but the best part struggles against the worst, and will finally triumph.
3. They have in them a preparation for perfect blessedness.
IV. In the privileges attached to it.
1. Peace.
2. Dignity.
3. Immortality. (R. Hall, M. A.)
The glory of Gods rule
I. In the universality of its extent. His kingdom extends over all, over all matter, and over all mind. It includes the microscopic atom and the mightiest orb; the lowest fiend and the sublimest angel.
II. In the righteousness of its foundation. God has a right to rule the universe.
1. On the ground of proprietorship He owns all.
2. On the ground of capacity. No one else has the power.
3. On the ground of character. He is infinitely good.
III. In the benevolence of its operations. Unlike all human kings, He rules not for His own aggrandizement or interest, but simply for the good of His subjects.
IV. In the indestructibleness OF ITS NATURE. Human kingdoms have in them the seeds of decay; they chase each other from the scene like the clouds before the wind. All of them are but as little bubbles on the stream, by a breath or a touch they are broken and lost. But His kingdom will endure for ever. (David Thomas, D. D.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
11, 12. The declaration of God’sglory is for the extension of His knowledge and perfections in theworld.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,…. That is, the saints who are his special workmanship, in the celebration of his praise; and, while they are blessing him, will take particular notice, and make particular mention of his kingdom, and the glory of it; not only his kingdom of nature and providence, which ruleth over all, angels and men, good and bad; which deserves the notice of the saints, and is matter of great joy unto them, that their King reigns in the world, but also, and rather, his kingdom of grace, in which he rules by his Spirit and grace in the hearts of his people; which is not worldly, but spiritual; is not with outward observation, but lies within the heart, and makes the Lord’s people all glorious within; consisting of peace, righteousness, and joy in the Holy Ghost, and is what can never be removed. The church is Christ’s kingdom, in which he reigns; and all the subjects of it are kings and priests unto God: here proper laws are made and observed, and officers appointed to explain them, and see them put in execution; glorious ordinances are administered, in which Christ the King is seen in his beauty; and the glorious Gospel, which is his sceptre, is held forth, and by which he rules in the midst of his enemies. More especially this may regard the glorious kingdom of Christ in the latter day; both in his spiritual reign, in which there will be a great display of glory; as a large effusion of the Spirit; much spiritual light and knowledge; great holiness of heart and life; an abundance of peace, temporal and spiritual; great purity of Gospel doctrine, worship, and ordinances: and also in his personal reign; when he will appear glorious, and reign before his ancients gloriously, and his saints will appear with him in glory; the New Jerusalem will have the glory of God upon her; a glory there will be then both upon the bodies and souls of the saints Christ will have with him in that state:
and talk of thy power; not only as exerted in creation and providence; but of his power in working out the salvation of men; and in conquering and subduing all the spiritual enemies of his people, sin, Satan, the world, and death; in raising himself from the dead, as he will all his saints by the same power at the last day; in going forth into the Gentile world in the ministry of the word, conquering and to conquer, making it powerful and effectual to the conversion of thousands: and also of his power in heaven and in earth, given him as Mediator; and which he has exercised and does exercise on the behalf of his church, and for its protection and welfare: and especially of the more open display of it in the latter day, when he shall take to himself his great power and reign; then will his saints talk of it with great pleasure and thankfulness; see Re 11:15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11, 12) It is the privilege of the saints to impress the less favoured natures with the glory of the Divine kingdom, which the theocratic relation has displayed in and to them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
Ver. 11. They shall speak of the glory ] That kingdom of the saints of the Most High, which is far beyond the grandeur and splendour of all the four great monarchies, as is to be seen Dan 7:27 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
power. Sing, of the Hebrew word “mighty acts” (Psa 145:4).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the glory: Psa 2:6-8, Psa 45:6, Psa 45:7, Psa 72:1-20, Psa 93:1, Psa 93:2, Psa 96:10-13, Psa 97:1-12, Psa 99:1-4, 1Ch 29:11, 1Ch 29:12, Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Isa 24:23, Isa 33:21, Isa 33:22, Dan 7:13, Dan 7:14, Zec 9:9, Mat 6:13, Mar 11:9, Mar 11:10, Rev 5:12, Rev 5:13, Rev 11:15-17
Reciprocal: Jdg 5:10 – Speak Neh 9:5 – thy glorious Psa 59:16 – But Psa 63:2 – To see Psa 77:12 – talk Psa 105:1 – make known Rev 12:10 – the kingdom
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
145:11 {f} They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
(f) The praise of your glory belongs in all your creatures and though the wicked would obscure the same by their silence, yet the faithful are always mindful of the same.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
3. God’s eternal kingdom 145:11-16
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
God’s faithful and consistent control of all things, from one generation to the next, call for praise of His eternal reign. He rules over all with power and glory. People speak of the great King and His kingdom because of all His wondrous acts. The universal rule of God is in view here rather than the Davidic kingdom.