It is good to praise the LORD
Posted by: Jubal on 
Aug 6th, 2008 | 
Filed under: Daily Reading, Praise Ideas
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise the LORD
and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 proclaiming your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD;
I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
5 How great are your works, LORD,
how profound your thoughts!
6 Senseless people do not know,
fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.
8 But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
9 For surely your enemies, LORD,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox;
fine oils have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
The first three verses talk about how great it is to praise God. Then it talks about the great things He’s done. Then refers to the outsiders, those senseless, foolish wicked evildoers who will all go away.
In the mean time, He strengthens us, gives us confidence, then gives us the promise that he will stay with us through old age, doing miracles like making fruit grow on old trees.
The passage ends with the declaration that God is the opposite of those fools, and therefore a solid foundation to stand on.
Sounds like a great pattern for a song, maybe to be sung on Sunday.
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