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Intro
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PRAISING GOD’S GREATNESS
A hymn of David.
1 I exalt you, my God the King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2 I will bless you every day;
I will praise your name forever and ever.
3 The Lord is great and is highly praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation will declare your works to the next
and will proclaim your mighty acts.
5 I will speak of your splendor and glorious majesty
and your wondrous works.
6 They will proclaim the power of your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare your greatness.,
7 They will give a testimony of your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.
9 The Lord is good to everyone;
his compassion rests on all he has made.
10 All you have made will thank you, Lord;
the faithful will bless you.
11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom
and will declare your might,
12 informing all people of your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
your rule is for all generations.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
and gracious in all his actions.,
14 The Lord helps all who fall;
he raises up all who are oppressed.,
15 All eyes look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all his acts.
18 The Lord is near all who call out to him,
all who call out to him with integrity.
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry for help and saves them.
20 The Lord guards all those who love him,
but he destroys all the wicked.
21 My mouth will declare the Lord’s praise;
let every living thing
bless his holy name forever and ever.
Intro
Intro to Psalms
What are they?
Songs — Israel’s song book
Songs — Israel’s song book
Collection written at different times
Who wrote them?
Many authors
Attributed to David (75), Asaph, Moses, Sons of Korah, others.
What are they good for?
Worship (as we worship in song/reading)
Prayer
Expression
Express emotions better than any other book
What is an emotion?
A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
Natural — by design, everyone has them
Instinctive — Subconscious
State of Mind — Feelings are thoughts you don’t think consciously (subconscious)…
In many ways, beliefs are more like emotions than thoughts.
“Our present beliefs are governed by past experiences that are linked to unconscious emotional memories.”
~ Mary C. Lamia Ph.D. (Psychologist)
Emotions are intuited from
circumstances (ex.
fear, running from a bear)
mood (ex.
chemicals in the body, hangry)
relationship with others (ex.
how you talk to your boss versus the guy behind the counter at the gas station)
If emotions are a natural part of being human, then we want to learn to put words to our emotions and I think the Psalmists give us the best model for how to do that.
In , the Psalmist…
is joyful — EXP: David is hopeful that his joy will overflow to future generations
loves — EXP
The question is, Why does the Psalmist love?
And why is the Psalmist joyful?
What circumstances or relationships have caused the Psalmist to love and to be joyful?
Today we are going to look at three reasons that the Psalmist is joyful so that we can learn to express joy like he does.
BODY
BODY
The Unsearchable Greatness of God
The Psalmist is joyful and loves God because,
He is great
His greatness is unsearchable
Interesting: God is great motif
In general, in writing, you want to avoid words that are plain like ‘great’ — you use words with color like majestic
Instead of ‘He was a great knight.’
You write, ‘His splendor was beyond that of any other knight.’
In the Hebrew this word ‘great’ is more colorful than in our contemporary English language.
Exceedingly great — beyond all others
“YHWH is great” may be a reference to the gods of the nations
Clarification — How great?
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