Our growing faith in the Lord should produce a joy that is not conditional on circumstances, but that is anchored in the unchanging character of Christ.
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Let the Redeemed Reflect & Praise
How often do you reflect on your salvation by God? This psalm is a Thanksgiving psalm in which all believers are instructed to praise God His goodness and love.
The psalm begins with a call for believers to praise the Lord for his goodness and faithful love (1-3). Redemption here can speak of physical deliverance or deliverance from the penalty and domination of sin over their lives by God’s grace through faith in Christ.
First, the psalmist relegates The Wonderful Interventions of the Lord in the lives of His people (4-32). He delivered them from physical death in the wilderness by providing sustenance (4-9). He humbled His proud people by giving them over to bondage and then saved them when they repented 10-16). When they rebelled against their God, He afflicted them with weakness and sickness. When they cried out God delivered them by healing them (17-22). Those on the sea were in misery and great dread at the power of God shown in the storm. They humbled themselves and God rescued them and guided them safely to harbour (23-32). Repeatedly throughout this section the psalmist calls God’s people to give thanks to Him for His greatness and love (8,15,21,31)
The last section of the psalm speaks of The Wonderful Providence of the Lord in the lives of men (33-42). In judgment upon the wicked, God withdrawals His sustaining hand and the land withers (33-34). While at the same time He blesses the righteous and provides for them (35-38). God brings low the proud and exalts the humble (39-42).
The psalmist concludes this psalm with a call for the wise to consider the lovingkindness of the Lord in all aspects of their lives and give Him praise (43).
PSALM 106 — REVISED
YHWH does not change.
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Thanksgiving is public praise of God in the assembly of saints for His wondrous nature and mighty works.
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God greatness and power are demonstrated in His creation of all things.
Read morePSALM 103 — REVISED
While mankind is transitory and finite, God is eternal and unchanging in His love towards His saints.
Read morePSALM 102 — REVISED
What can we do in light of our frailty and the wickedness around us?
Read morePSALM 101 — REVISED
Focusing ones’s affections on the Lord and walking obediently to His word in the power of the Spirit is the only way you can live a life of integrity.
Read morePSALM 100 — REVISED
To bless the name of the Lord is to give YHWH public praise that elevates Him in the minds of others.
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Worship Our Holy God
This is an enthronement psalm that pictures the Lord taking up His Davidic throne and ruling the earth from Jerusalem (Zech 14:9). The main point of this psalm is that the Lord is holy and should be exalted.
The first section of the psalm introduces the idea: Our Holy God is Great (1-3). All the peoples of the earth are called to fear YHWH (1). Christ is King, and one day will rule His creation physically from Zion (2). Everyone should praise the awesome and great name of the Lord (2-3). Holy is He!
The second section continues: Our Holy God is Just (4-5). The King loves justice, and His strength is exerted in establishing what He loves (4). The Lord will establish and sustain a just and righteous society over all the earth (4-5).
The third section continues: Our Holy God is Merciful (6-9). God responded in the past to the cries of His priests on behalf of the people (6). He gave them His Law, which governed the behaviour of His people so that they would be a holy people (7). Even when they continually went astray, God forgave them. Yet the consequences of their sins they could not escape; for God is a just God (8). Worship Him alone, for our God is holy (9).
Brethren, three times the psalmist calls God “holy.” Three times all people are called to praise Him for His works and for His perfections. God is utterly separate from anything in His creation. He is perfect and distinct from any created thing. He is great and awesome in His power. He is just and righteous in His actions. He is merciful in His love for His people, forgiving our sins. Worship Him for holy is YHWH our God!