Psalm 147-Praising the many acts of God

“Truth for Truckers” *June 27, 2014* Psalm 147 “Praising the many acts of God”

      In the last six Psalms, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 the word praise appears over (40) times. It is like a magnificent crescendo of full worship to the Lord from David and the Psalmists in general. The title of Psalm 147 is “Praising the many acts of God” for there are over (24) acts of God in this (20) verse Psalm that also contains commands to praise God

     The first verse lists (3) reasons to praise the Lord: “Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.” Notice, singing praises is the norm for singing to the LORD is found over (70) times in the book of Psalms. And, rightly so, for the word Psalm in essence means song. Each and every Psalm was sung by the Temple musicians and the people who attended the worship at the Tabernacle and eventually the Temple.

     In (v.2-6) there are eight actions of the Lord:

1.      The LORD does build up Jerusalem

2.      He gathers together the outcasts of Israel

3.      He heals the broken in heart

4.      He binds up their wounds

5.      He tells {counts] the number of the stars

6.      He calls them all by their names

7.      The LORD lifts up the meek

8.      He casts the wicked down to the ground

     This list is followed by two commands to “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God” (v.7) after which eight more actions of the LORD are given and then another set of commands are given: “Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.” (v.12).

     Then there are twelve more actions of the LORD and a final command to “Praise the LORD” making a total of six commands to all Believers to sing and praise the LORD. This is why our emphasis on the New Song is in our every day messages. This is one of the great omissions of the Church.

     Singing Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs unto the Lord should be a continual practice of the Holy Spirit-filled Believer for we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit: “What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost?

 (I Corinthians 6:19): “Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit. Speaking to yourselves in Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:18-20)

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