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Psalm 97 a Kingship of the Lord Psalm. A call and cause to Praise. The calls here actually give us the cause. Not sure when written.

Psalm 97:1–12 “ The Lord reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad! 2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; (but soon they would know Him, born in a manger we would hear angels declare born to you this day, Jesus would say if you have seen me…) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. 3 A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about. 4 His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory. (OT - Yahweh defeats egyptian gods through creation, NT - Jesus authority over creation defeats satan/death) 7 Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods (elohim - god(des), deity god-like (deomon)). 8 Zion hears and is glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments, O Lord. 9 For You, Lord, are most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. 10 You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.”

He preserves He maintains our SOULS, its what draws us - Romans 12:9 “ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.”

When I remember His name, nothing else compares.

Psalm 98 - another kingship song, linked to the defeat of the Egyptian army at the Red Sea but poss. generic victory song.

Psalm 98:1–9 “ Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Isaiah 42:10 “ Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!”

2 The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. 3 He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises. 5 Sing to the Lord with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm, 6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell in it; (the height of fear) 8 Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord, (entered across river to promised land) 9 For He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the peoples with equity.” (Ps96:13)

Sounds like a full band! Does this mean fog and lasers and singers roping down from the ceiling and pastors rising from the floor? No. This is intimate, intimate and personal while being congregational worship. Its not a performance.

Dont get caught up too much in the hows unless it breaks the scriptures. Then we have issues.

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Psalm 99 - Kingship song.

Psalm 99:1–9 “ The Lord reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! 2 The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. 3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy. 4 The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His footstool— He is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the Lord, and He answered them. 7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them. 8 You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds. 9 Exalt (raise on high/lift up) the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy.”

The worship the psalms speak of is whole life/body praise. Singing, playing, dancing, Exalting God, and His works. And He is holy. He shows us through the imperfect Moses, Aaron, Samuel, that He gives us testimony that we can love Him and praise him to all the World that He died for.

Possibly sung from temple jerusalem.

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Psalm 100 a song of praise/thanks. A call to enter the courts when praise began. Also popular with families.

Psalm 100:title–5 “ A Psalm of Thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.”

Can you hear jesus? John 10:7–10 “ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:27–28 “ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.”

Turn with me to: Hebrews 6:13–18 “ For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.”

Discuss - praise as family? Worship and serve as?