Appreciate His Work!
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1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Praise His Name!
Praise His Name!
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
The unknown author here starts with Bless the Lord, O My Soul
What a beginning to this Psalm
The call to praise
The recognition of the Lord
The call for an inward worship
The Author here recognizes that the worship goes deeper than our body
It happens within the soul
The desire and call to praise God has to come from within
It is a depth of love that we cannot honestly understand
In fact the author states bless the Lord O My Soul
and all that is within me
a call to praise the Lord with everything we have
This is true surrender
The beginning and ending of this poem start with Bless the Lord O My Soul
Some believe this recognizes a constant state of praise
which will last for all eternity
If his praise wasn’t enough in verse 2 he repeats bless the Lord
and says to forgot not His benefits
Do not forget what the Lord has done
What the Lord has completed for us!
The Psalmist goes right to an appreciation for God
An appreciation of His mighty Hand working for him
What an appreciation for the Lord!
a call to remember the benefits or the blessings of belonging to God
The specific call is to...
Remember His Mercy & Grace!
Remember His Mercy & Grace!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Remember the Mercy of the Lord
The next multiple verses address the Mercy and Grace of the Lord
The Psalmist states do not forget
Then proceeds to recall the benefits of belonging to the Lord
The Psalmist recalls the forgiving of iniquity
the healing of diseases
the redemption of life from the pit
crowned with steadfast love and mercy
renews your youth
The Psalmist moves to recognizing righteousness and justice
The Psalmist moves from spiritual salvation to recalling God’s providence
God had provided for them when Moses was leader
He had made His ways known to them
Then comes the reminder that He is slow to anger!
Praise the Lord!
If He was not slow to anger we would never have a chance
His mercy and grace offer a steadfast love that goes beyond measure
He will not chide - or rebuke
nor will He keep His anger forever
He does not deal with us according to our sins
what a providential statement here
Remember this is in the time of Israel in the OT
This would be a recollection of God’s providence even though Israel was constantly falling
As well as a future predictor of God’s grace to those who place their faith in Him
We all know that faith was saving even back in the Old Testament as well
The premise of this verse is to state that the Lord is merciful in not giving the people what they deserve
which would have been destruction
instead he gave them another chance
Be Fearful of Him!
Be Fearful of Him!
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Lastly in this section the Psalmist moves to being fearful of Him
A reverential fear
This is not a fear as in he could smite you at any time
but a fear that is recognition of how powerful and mighty God really is
What a God we serve!
He deserves all reverence
He deserves all praise
The Psalmist gives a description of His attributes at the end here
Back to recognizing the King
To prioritize the Kingdom You have to fear the king
Have reverence of the King
To have a trembling awe before Him
The psalmist is deliberate in his praise
He is deliberate in his call
Praise the Lord
For this is who He is
It is believed this psalmist may have written Psalm 104 as well
Another psalm of attribution
Dealing with creation specifically!
Salvation Message
