Praise Jehovah - Rebuilder of Jerusalem!

Hallelujah! (1)

To sing to our God in praise is good! (1)

For returned exiles, this is such a blessing!

How exciting to praise God in Jerusalem again!

How exciting to worship Jehovah in His temple!

Jehovah - Healer of His Children (2-6)

Jehovah: rebuilds, gathers, heals hearts & bandages wounds (2-5)

God did not rebuild Jerusalem w/out human involvement - yet He is here called “the Builder.”

Jesus - The Great Physician - healed physically and spiritually.

The Lord is fully capable of helping the oppressed & defeating the wicked (4-6).

Counts the stars. They are glorious to look at - through telescope or just the eyes.

How small are we to the great stars in space? Yet he numbers them (knows each ones shape and placed/keeps them where they are) - And yet he heals the hearts of His tiny human children.

Jehovah - Father To His Children (7-9)

The worship director calls them to SING & PRAY to Jehovah.

The clouds, the grass, the food

He provides what they cry for.

What Could Impress Jehovah? (10-11)

Jehovah is unimpressed by horses or well-trained men (1 Sam. 13:5).

1 Samuel 13:5 CSB

The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

He IS impressed by those who love & trust Him.

fear, and hope in His faithful love

That Jehovah values us at all, is wondrous!

“Oh! the matchless condescension of the Lord, that his greatness should take pleasure in the insignificant creatures of his hand.” Spurgeon

And yet, this is what impresses Him - so unlike what humans value and appreciate.

Exalt Jehovah; Praise your God! (12-14)

The director of this worship time directs them to Exalt and praise Jehovah because He ensures and insures the prosperity of His children.

His WORD Runs Swiftly (15-18)

What? He speaks and things happen: “Let there be light - and there was light.”

Some humans in authority have the respect of the ones they lead, and so when they speak, people obey.

The very ELEMENTS obey God!!

the elements like snow, frost, hailstones - the cold.

He Shares This Powerful Word With His Children (19-20).

King James Version Psalm 8

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Christian Standard Bible Psalm 147

He has not done this for every nation;

they do not know his judgments.

Hallelujah!