Psalm 145
David's Praise
1 I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I'll bless your name into eternity.2 I'll bless you every day,
and keep it up from now to eternity.
3 God is magnificent; he can never be praised enough.
There are no boundaries to his greatness.
4 Generation after generation stands in awe of your work;
each one tells stories of your mighty acts.
5 Your beauty and splendor have everyone talking;
I compose songs on your wonders.
6 Your marvelous doings are headline news;
I could write a book full of the details of your greatness.
7 The fame of your goodness spreads across the country;
your righteousness is on everyone's lips.
8 God is all mercy and grace—
not quick to anger, is rich in love.
9 God is good to one and all;
everything he does is suffused with grace.
10-11 Creation and creatures applaud you, God;
your holy people bless you.
They talk about the glories of your rule,
they exclaim over your splendor,
12 Letting the world know of your power for good,
the lavish splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal;
you never get voted out of office.
they exclaim over your splendor,
12 Letting the world know of your power for good,
the lavish splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal;
you never get voted out of office.
God always does what he says,
and is gracious in everything he does.
14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck,
gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.
15 All eyes are on you, expectant;
you give them their meals on time.
16 Generous to a fault,
you lavish your favor on all creatures.
17 Everything God does is right—
the trademark on all his works is love.
18 God's there, listening for all who pray,
for all who pray and mean it.
19 He does what's best for those who fear him—
hears them call out, and saves them.
20 God sticks by all who love him,
but it's all over for those who don't.
21 My mouth is filled with God's praise.
Let everything living bless him,
bless his holy name from now to eternity!
and is gracious in everything he does.
14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck,
gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.
15 All eyes are on you, expectant;
you give them their meals on time.
16 Generous to a fault,
you lavish your favor on all creatures.
17 Everything God does is right—
the trademark on all his works is love.
18 God's there, listening for all who pray,
for all who pray and mean it.
19 He does what's best for those who fear him—
hears them call out, and saves them.
20 God sticks by all who love him,
but it's all over for those who don't.
21 My mouth is filled with God's praise.
Let everything living bless him,
bless his holy name from now to eternity!
I think this psalm is pretty amazing, it is really loaded with power. Here we have one of last few praise psalms of David, It is almost an introduction to the final psalms of all of the psalms. It seems very different than an intro into text, I almost feel it has this intricate musical introduction. Like an epic intro to your favorite song. Reading it out loud, it almost sounds like a hip hop song.
From the very first few verses, we have David just proclaiming the awesome name of God, "1 I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I'll bless your name into eternity. I'll bless you every day, and keep it up from now to eternity." David, as he always does, is shouting out to his God that he will praise Him until he physically can praise Him no more. David's heart is genuine in his love for Christ. He will never stop, not until eternity. There is a lot we can learn from this. Our love for God should be forever as well, we should love our God till eternity.Through these verses we really see where David's humility is a great example of what our worship should be. Humility is key to true worship to God.
In verses 2-4, we see that David is very intent on his praises to God. This is another key to true worship and will keep our worship renewed and fresh, being intent in praising God. We must praise Him even and especially when we may not physically feel like it. Verse 4 says, "Generation after generation stands in awe of your work; each one tells stories of your mighty acts." David tells us that we need to continue our praise throughout the generations. So we should worship with sense that our children's children will learn from how we praised God. We should tell stories of His mighty acts and pass down His stories of love and grace through all our families. It must be a legacy of worship.
Verses 5-7, speak of the wonders of God and how His magnificence has all of the world talking. It is headline news! From 8-13, David is, again, proclaiming God, another key to our worship is proclaiming the name of God unashamed. After this, David talks about how God gives and takes away. He says that we should have high respect and reverence for Him like a kingdom has for their king. Having a reverence for God makes our worship so much more genuine.
In the closing verses, David is really bringing it home. He goes on about how God's love is everlasting and He will stand by the side of those who call His name. When we draw to Him, God will draw near to us. Verse 21 says, "My mouth is filled with God's praise. Let everything living bless him, bless his holy name from now to eternity!" David's final words in this psalm are a celebration! He cannot do anything except praise God. He wants everything that is alive to worship Him. The final key to strengthening our worship is to make it a celebration. Always come to God and praise Him with a party of worship!
I wanted to include in this blog this amazing video everyone has probably seen on youtube. After writing this, i so see this as a modern day psalm.
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