Psalm 145
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This all started with the book: Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney.
That started us down a path of beginning to understand the value of the Psalms in our own life and corporately as a church.
John Calvin said of the Psalms, “I have been want to call this book not inappropriately, an anatomy of all parts of the soul; for there is not an emotion of which anyone can be conscious that is not here represented as in a mirror.”
Four truths to consider as we study the Psalms:
1. The Psalms are instructive.
1. The Psalms are instructive.
They teach us about he nature of God and our response to Him.
“The Psalms are not words to read, but to live.” - Martin Luther
2. The Psalms are emotional.
2. The Psalms are emotional.
They are poetry and songs.
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” - William Wordsworth (American Poet)
“I have been want to call this book not inappropriately, an anatomy of all parts of the soul; for there is not an emotion of which anyone can be conscious that is not here represented as in a mirror.” - John Calvin
The Psalms express our feelings in
Hymns
Pleadings
Sorrows
Repentance
Joy
Thanksgiving
3. The Psalms teach us how to pray.
3. The Psalms teach us how to pray.
We see how to praise God.
How to struggle with God.
How to turn to Him with faced with trials.
4. The Psalms are inspired.
4. The Psalms are inspired.
They are more than just worship songs.
They are the living and powerful Words of God!
They are much more than ancient poems or songs.
They were quoted by Jesus and NT writers.
They are written TO GOD by GOD!
What a way to worship our God!
A Song of Praise. Of David.
1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,
12 to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.
14 The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
16 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
20 The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Who is the author?
Who is the author?
David.
It tells us that in the superscription.
This happens to be the last Psalm of David.
Who is the audience?
Who is the audience?
God.
What kind of Psalm is this?
What kind of Psalm is this?
Praise
David the king of Israel is giving praise to HIS King… the King of the universe.I w
Important things to note:
David wrote with much skill.
David wrote with much skill.
This was written as an acrostic using the Hebrew alphabet.
However it appears to skip the letter (nun) which would appear after verse 13.
Writing this way is no distraction to David.
He has mastered this skill.
In vs 1-2 David says: I will praise you in verse 3 the reason why.
1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
The next 4 verses say that generations will give praise to God.
The next two tell us why.
Verse 13 seems to be a midpoint structurally.
David flips his style.
David give grounds for praise first then the praise follows.
This is a great reminder of the effort we should put towards our worship of God!
David wrote with a broad vision.
David wrote with a broad vision.
David writes with a growing or broadening praise.
He starts in verse one with his own praise.
1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
The praise then extends to generations.
4 One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. 7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
David builds to the the last verse with a call to ALL men to praise to God.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
David wrote with surprising simplicity.
David wrote with surprising simplicity.
This psalm can seem quite optimistic to you and I.
Maybe somewhat unrealistic.
Yet as David’s last Psalm we can rest assured that David is not naive.
He has been through dark and difficult trials.
Long ago David reoriented his life to a biblical view.
He knows that on the far side of suffering this is reality.
This is how things are.
How can I find the information I need?
How can I find the information I need?
1. Observation of the text.
1. Observation of the text.
Read it several times.
Pay attention to it.
Make notes.
2. Commentaries
2. Commentaries
Blue Letter Bible
Logos
3. Google
3. Google
Plenty of free Bible study tools on Google.
So now we’ve read it several times.
We have a better understanding of the background.
The structure.
The theme.
Now what?
Remember three things:
1. The psalms are poetry so we need to identify and understand poetic words and phrases.
1. The psalms are poetry so we need to identify and understand poetic words and phrases.
It is easy for us to read words that we’ve read several times and quickly pass over them without taking the time to know what they mean.
There are poetic words and phrases that we struggle with.
Slow down and make sure your questions are answered.
2. The language of the psalms is different from our language.
2. The language of the psalms is different from our language.
The psalmists use phrases and terms that we don’t regularly use or never use.
3. The psalms are understandable.
3. The psalms are understandable.
We can’t say: well I’ll never understand it.
WE need to put in the work to understand it.
So, again, we’ve read it several times.
We have a better understanding of the background.
The structure.
The theme.
Now what?
We have all the tools gathered.
Let’s use them some more.
Are there words or phrases I don’t fully understand?
Are there words or phrases I don’t fully understand?
If someone were to ask you what does that word of phrase mean can you clearly and succinctly answer that question?
Here is mine.
1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
How many of you use this word regularly.
I thought I knew what it meant but I wanted to make sure.
Check other translations.
They said “extol” one said “exalt”
The bible dictionary say: “to raise up”
Next question I had: How do I do that?
It is more that words.
It is the way we live our lives.
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Here is the next question I had.
4 One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
This is another one I thought I knew but wanted to be sure.
4 One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
4 One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds.
To address in a loud tone.
With excitement and passion.
Passing down the works of God to one generation from another.
What conversations do we have with our kids.
When you are talking to the kids in our church, what conversations are you having?
Why is it important that our kids are in the church service as much as they are?
Don’t think they aren’t paying attention…
Bennson said he was thinking about being saved because he was in Lanny’s class and he was talking about it.
The kids singing up front.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
7 They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness.
7 They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
The idea of continuously remembering, talking about and celebrating the abundant goodness of God.
Wouldn’t this change our attitude if we regularly celebrated the goodness of God instead of focusing on the things that aren’t going the way we want them to?
The theme
The thing we learn is to have an attitude and actions of constantly praising God!
What are our conversations about?
