◄ Psalm 106:48 ►
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah!
Study Bible
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
This phrase is a doxology, a short hymn of praises to God, which is common in the Psalms. The term "Blessed" signifies a deep reverence and adoration for the LORD, acknowledging His supreme authority and goodness. The title "the God of Israel" emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel, highlighting His faithfulness to His chosen people throughout history. The phrase "from everlasting to everlasting" underscores God's eternal nature, affirming His existence beyond time and space, which is a central tenet of biblical theology. This eternal aspect of God is echoed in other scriptures, such as Psalm 90:2 and Isaiah 40:28, which speak of God's unchanging and everlasting nature. The phrase also points to the continuity of God's promises and His unending reign, which is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, who is described as the Alpha and Omega in Revelation 1:8.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”
The call for all the people to say "Amen" is an invitation for communal affirmation and agreement with the praise offered to God. "Amen" is a Hebrew word meaning "truly" or "so be it," and it is used throughout the Bible to express assent to prayers and declarations. This communal response reflects the unity and collective worship of God's people, as seen in other biblical instances such as Nehemiah 8:6, where the people respond with "Amen, Amen" to the reading of the Law. It signifies the congregation's acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and their commitment to His covenant. The use of "Amen" also connects to the New Testament, where it is frequently used by Jesus to emphasize the truth of His teachings (e.g., Matthew 5:18).

Hallelujah!
The term "Hallelujah" is a transliteration of the Hebrew phrase "Praise the LORD" and is a call to worship and exaltation of God. It is a compound word combining "Hallelu," meaning "praise," and "Yah," a shortened form of "Yahweh," the personal name of God. This exclamation is a fitting conclusion to the psalm, encapsulating the theme of praise that runs throughout. "Hallelujah" is used extensively in the Psalms and is a key feature of the "Hallel" psalms (Psalms 113-118), which were sung during Jewish festivals such as Passover. In the New Testament, "Hallelujah" appears in Revelation 19:1-6, where it is part of the heavenly worship celebrating God's ultimate victory and the marriage supper of the Lamb, symbolizing the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal nature and faithfulness to Israel.

2. The God of Israel
Highlights God's special relationship with the nation of Israel, chosen as His people.

3. The People
Refers to the congregation of Israel, who are called to affirm God's eternal praise.

4. Everlasting to Everlasting
A phrase denoting God's eternal existence and unchanging nature.

5. Amen and Hallelujah
Liturgical responses of affirmation and praise, respectively, used in worship.
Teaching Points
Eternal Praise
God's nature is unchanging and eternal, deserving of our continuous praise. Reflect on how you can incorporate praise into your daily life.

Corporate Worship
The call for all people to say "Amen" highlights the importance of communal worship. Consider how you can engage more deeply in your church community.

Affirmation of Faith
Saying "Amen" is an affirmation of belief and agreement. Reflect on areas in your life where you need to affirm your faith more boldly.

God's Faithfulness to Israel
Recognize the historical faithfulness of God to Israel as a testament to His promises. How does this assurance of God's faithfulness impact your trust in Him?

Joyful Praise (Hallelujah)
"Hallelujah" is a call to joyful praise. Think about how you can express joy in your relationship with God, even in challenging times.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does understanding God's eternal nature ("from everlasting to everlasting") influence your perspective on current challenges?

2. In what ways can you incorporate the practice of saying "Amen" into your personal and communal worship?

3. How does the historical relationship between God and Israel encourage you in your personal faith journey?

4. What are some practical ways you can engage in joyful praise ("Hallelujah") in your daily life?

5. How can the themes of this verse inspire you to deepen your involvement in your church community?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Psalm 41:13
This verse similarly concludes with a doxology, emphasizing the eternal nature of God's praise.

1 Chronicles 16:36
This passage includes a similar call for the people to say "Amen" in response to God's enduring faithfulness.

Revelation 7:12
The heavenly worship scene echoes the themes of eternal praise and the use of "Amen" and "Hallelujah."
Sermons
AmenT. R. Stevenson.Psalm 106:48
Hearty AmensJ. N. Norton.Psalm 106:48
The Nevertheless of God's MercyS. Conway Psalm 106:1-48
People
Aaron, Abiram, Baalpeor, Dathan, Ham, Phinehas, Psalmist
Places
Jerusalem
Topics
Age, Amen, Blessed, Book, Eternity, Everlasting, Hallelujah, Jah, Praise, V, Yah
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Psalm 106:48

     1461   truth, nature of
     5783   agreement
     8634   amen
     8646   doxology

Psalm 106:33-48

     3272   Holy Spirit, in OT

Psalm 106:47-48

     8666   praise, manner and methods

Library
June the Twelfth Waiting for the Spectacular
"The waves covered their enemies.... Then believed they His words." --PSALM cvi. 1-12. Their faith was born in a great emergency. A spectacular deliverance was needed to implant their trust in the Lord. They found no witness in the quiet daily providence; the unobtrusive miracle of daily mercy did not awake their song. They dwelt upon the "special" blessing, when all the time the really special blessing was to be found in the sleepless care which watched over them in their ordinary and commonplace …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

Israel at the Red Sea
"A few more rolling years at most, Will land me on fair Canaan's coast.' And then I shall have no more warfare, no more fighting, no more disturbance; but I shall be at peace." "Not quite as thou desirest," says God. "Oh! thou little one; I have more to teach thee ere thou art prepared for my palace." Then he commences to lead us about, and bring us into straits and perils. The sins which we thought had utterly left us are hunting us behind, while impassible floods block up the way. Even trembling …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856

Why are Men Saved?
"The hand that made us is Divine." If we listen to the rippling of the freshet at the mountain side, to the tumbling of the avalanche, to the lowing of the cattle, to the singing of the birds, to every voice and sound of nature, we shall hear this answer to the question, "God is our maker; he hath made us, and not we ourselves." The next question, as to design--Why were these things made?--is not so easy to answer, apart from Scripture; but when we look at Scripture we discover this fact--that as …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857

Sin: Its Spring-Head, Stream, and Sea
It may help us to escape out of the meshes of our natural depravity, if we look back and see the causes of our fathers' sins. To confess our personal sin will tend to keep us humble; and in view of the Lord's mercy, which has spared and pardoned us, a sense of our guilt will make us grateful. The less we think of ourselves the more we shall think of him whose "mercy endureth for ever"; and if we see where our fathers' sins began, and how they grew, and what they came to, we may hope that the Spirit …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891

The Waters of Meribah
'Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! 4. And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Fourteenth Day. The Holy one of God.
Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.'--Luke i. 35. 'We have believed and know that Thou art the Holy One of God.'--John vi. 69. 'The holy one of the Lord'--only once (Ps. cvi. 16) the expression is found in the Old Testament. It is spoken of Aaron, in whom holiness, as far as it could then be revealed, had found its most complete embodiment. The title waited for its fulfilment in Him who alone, in His own person, could perfectly show forth …
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ

Man's Misery by the Fall
Q-19: WHAT IS THE MISERY OF THAT ESTATE WHEREINTO MAN FELL? A: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. 'And were by nature children of wrath.' Eph 2:2. Adam left an unhappy portion to his posterity, Sin and Misery. Having considered the first of these, original sin, we shall now advert to the misery of that state. In the first, we have seen mankind offending; …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

Our Status.
"And he believed in the Lord: and he counted it to him for righteousness." --Gen. xv. 6. The right touches a man's status. So long as the law has not proven him guilty, has not convicted and sentenced him, his legal status is that of a free and law-abiding citizen. But as soon as his guilt is proven in court and the jury has convicted him, he passes from that into the status of the bound and law-breaking citizen. The same applies to our relation to God. Our status before God is that either of the …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity Paul's Thanks and Prayers for Churches.
Text: Philippians 1, 3-11. 3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy, 5 for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now; 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III

Elucidations.
I. (Deadly Sins, cap. ix., p. 356.) To maintain a modern and wholly uncatholic system of Penitence, the schoolmen invented a technical scheme of sins mortal and sins venial, which must not be read into the Fathers, who had no such technicalities in mind. By "deadly sins" they meant all such as St. John recognizes (1 John v. 16-17) and none other; that is to say sins of surprise and infirmity, sins having in them no malice or wilful disobedience, such as an impatient word, or a momentary neglect of …
Tertullian—The Five Books Against Marcion

Rest for the Weary
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. W hich shall we admire most -- the majesty, or the grace, conspicuous in this invitation? How soon would the greatest earthly monarch be impoverished, and his treasures utterly exhausted, if all, that are poor and miserable, had encouragement to apply freely to him, with a promise of relief, fully answerable to their wants and wishes! But the riches of Christ are unsearchable and inexhaustible. If millions and millions …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1

The Second Commandment
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am o jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of then that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.' Exod 20: 4-6. I. Thou shalt not …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN; WHEREIN IS PARTICULARLY SHOWED THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION, HIS SIGHT AND TROUBLE FOR SIN, HIS DREADFUL TEMPTATIONS, ALSO HOW HE DESPAIRED OF GOD'S MERCY, AND HOW THE LORD AT LENGTH THROUGH CHRIST DID DELIVER HIM FROM ALL THE GUILT AND TERROR THAT LAY UPON HIM. Whereunto is added a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Obedience
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God. If then I be a Father, where is my honour?' Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. Obey the voice of the Lord …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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