Blessing God

Exegetical Question - Do You Know Why We Bless God

1 th 5:18

Psalms 103

Introduction:

Five Truths About Thanksgiving

Faithlife Study Bible (Psalm 3)

A psalm The Hebrew word used here, mizmor, is one of several names for compositions within the psalter. A mizmor is a song that is usually accompanied by a musical instrument.

of David David is associated with the authorship of the Psalms as a whole. However, the Hebrew phrase often translated as “of David” (ledawid) does not necessarily indicate authorship. The Hebrew preposition lamedh (le-) can mean “to,” “for,” “by,” or “about.” This makes it unclear whether the phrase “of David” in psalm titles means that the psalm was written “by David” or “for David” or was dedicated “to David.” In addition, the psalm titles were most likely added later.

Revelation 11:16–17 (KJV 1900)

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

The Bible Knowledge Commentary (Psalm 103 )

After reviewing the mercies of God toward him, David found hope in his people’s covenant relationship with the Lord, though they were sinful and frail. In this confidence the psalmist called on all creation to bless their Lord.

This psalm, a celebration of deliverance, seems to speak of the answer to the prayer in Psalm 102 .

All of us have been in a psalms 102 predicament, one where it appears hopeless and no way out. Come on somebody say Amen, to that!

Whether this is a psalms by David, About David or for David, we all canconfess that David was in a few of these conundrums.

The Bible Knowledge Commentary (Psalm 102)

The unique superscription to this psalm points to a private, meditative use for suffering saints. The ideas recall those in Psalms 22 , 69, 79. Psalm 102 also has similarities to some statements in Isaiah 40–66.

Hoping that God would speedily answer him, the psalmist lamented that he was overwhelmed and was in desolate straits because of the enemy’s reproach. But he found comfort in the fact that the Lord abides, and would not forsake him—a truth that has led many generations of saints to praise God.

When You need Help, use God’s proper Name!

Here the Psalmist uses the Proper Name of the God of Israel, Yahweh, When you are going through and need something to give God thanks for, you ought to know you can call on the God who keeps Promises:

Yahweh is based on the consonants YHWH, which is one of the names for God used in the Old Testament. In ancient Hebrew, the vowels were not normally written. This would not have been a problem for native speakers and readers. Jehovah is the same name based on the Latin equivalents of the Hebrew letters: JHVH. Jehovah became the English translation of the Latin form of the Hebrew name. For all practical purposes, Jehovah and Yahweh are the simply English and Hebrew pronunciations for God’s name. However, it has become more popular in recent years to use Yahweh instead of Jehovah because it is technically more accurate. The name Yahweh comes from the Hebrew word for “I am.” When God met Moses at the burning bush and commanded him to go back to Egypt and lead the people out, Moses asked who he should say has sent him. “God said to Moses, ‘I am who I am.’ And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel: “I am has sent me to you.”’ God also said to Moses, ‘Say this to the people of Israel: “The LORD [YHWH], the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations’” ( Exodus 3:14–15 ). Ex 3:14-15 Several things must be noted here in order to properly understand the significance of the name Yahweh. First, the tetragrammaton, which is the technical term for the four letters YHWH, is based on the Hebrew word for “being.” It could be translated “I am who I am” or “I will be what I will be” or perhaps even “I am the One who is.” Regardless of the specific translation, the name speaks of the self-existence and self-sufficiency of God. All others are dependent upon Him for life and breath and existence. He is dependent upon no one. It is for this reason that the Jewish leadership in Jesus’ day thought it was scandalous, blasphemous, and worthy of death for Jesus to utter the words “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58–59). Second, the ancient Hebrew scribes considered God’s name too sacred to write or pronounce. When vowels were later added to the text, the scribes took the vowels from the word adonai, which means “lord” or “master,” and inserted them between the consonants. Instead of pronouncing Yahweh, they simply pronounced the word Adonai. Following this practice, most English versions of the Bible translate YHWH as “LORD” (all capital letters) as seen in Exodus 3:15, above. When the Scripture speaks of the Lord YHWH, then the English versions will have “Lord GOD” with the word God in all capital letters. So, both LORD and GOD in English versions stand for YHWH. The pronunciation yäˌwā is our best estimate of how YHWH would have been pronounced. Since we do not have the original vowels, we cannot know for sure. The significance is in the meaning, not the pronunciation, just as Jehovah is still a sacred name, even if it is not a technically correct spelling. Yahweh is the covenant name for the God of Israel. In Ex 3:15 Ex 3:15 , as Yahweh speaks to Moses, He says that He is also the God of the patriarchs. Then He says, “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them” (Exodus 6:3). Ex 6:3 This declaration drives us to further study, because both Noah (in Genesis 9:26) and Abraham (in Genesis 22:14) spoke of Yahweh by that name. Moses himself seems to suggest that the Hebrews were already familiar with the name Yahweh (in Exodus 4:1). How, then, should we understand God’s statement that He did not make Himself known to the patriarchs by the name Yahweh? The answer seems to be that, whereas Noah, Abraham, et al., knew the name Yahweh—and thus knew that God is eternal and faithful—they never experienced the full impact of that name. God had manifested Himself as ”Almighty” but not as “the absolute Being working with unbounded freedom in the performance of His promises“ (Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament). For those before Moses, the fulfillment of God’s promises remained distant, and their view of the character of God was murky. That was about to change with the exodus, as God delivered His people with great miracles and kept His promise to Abraham. Other names for God might be considered descriptive, but Yahweh is personal. It is by this name that He covenants with and leads the nation of Israel. Yahweh is the name of Israel’s God and the God who came to earth as Jesus Christ, Yahweh in the flesh. Matthew 1:21 says, “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” The name Jesus is from the Latin form of the Greek form of Yeshua, which literally means “Yahweh saves.” So Yahweh will save His people from their sins, and simultaneously Jesus will save His people from their sins. This is just one of many instances where Jesus and Yahweh are equated.

Therefore, to Give Thanks to God you have to know His mighty works personally, you have to know what He has done for you and give Him Glory for that!

Body - Blessing God Has 4 Components:

I. Praise Yahweh and count your blessings (vv. 1-2) Psa 103:1-2

Psalm 34:-12 (Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.) "I will praise the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. I will boast in the Lord; the humble will hear and be glad. Proclaim with me the Lord's greatness; let us exalt His name together."

Psalm 66:1-4: "Shout joyfully to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. Say to God, ‘How awe-inspiring are Your works! Your enemies will cringe before you because of your great strength. All the earth will worship You and sing praise to You. They will sing praise to Your name.'"

II. Praise Yahweh for He has forgiven Our Sins, relationship with God is whole and healthy - vs Psa 103:3-5

James 5:14-15: "Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will salve the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven."

But physical healing is not the kind spoken of here. If we are to do justice to the interpretation of this passage, we cannot simply assign to it any meaning we would like. We must understand it in its proper grammatical context. He is talking to his soul, telling it that God heals all the diseases of the soul, sin being chief among them. Does the soul have diseases? Indeed it does. Fear, doubt, depression, anger, lust, hate jealously, pride, greed . . . the list goes on and on. These soul diseases can all be traced back to our fallen nature and the effects of sin. But God can give permanent healing to the soul.

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

III. Praise Yahweh for His Compassion towards Us - vs. Psa 103:6-12

IV. Praise Yahweh He is A Covenant/Promise Keeping God. Psa 103:13-22