Introduction
A call to Hallelujah. It really means call to sing. No matter our circumstances we need to give Him praise.
Praising the Lord is the great solution to our trials and tribulations.
Job lost all his sons and daughters in one day. He bowed down and gave Him praise.
Job blessed the name of the Lord. He did not blame God and in this did not sin. When we don’t praise God in trials is sin.
1 – Admonishment not to trust in men.
V3 – do not put your trust in princes. Nor in the son of man. Princes are men. A son of adam. Human being. The best of princes are men at best. The word help here means salvation. Men are not the objects of our faith.
V4 – His spirit departs and returns to his earth. When he dies so do his plans. Plans literally means thoughts.
Exodus 15:9-10 (NKJV) 9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, My hand shall destroy them.’ 10 You blew with Your wind, The sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Judges 5:24-31 (NKJV) 24 “Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents. 25 He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a lordly bowl. 26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, She split and struck through his temple. 27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead. 28 “The mother of Sisera looked through the window, And cried out through the lattice, ‘Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’ 29 Her wisest ladies answered her, Yes, she answered herself, 30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil: To every man a girl [or] two; For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’ 31 “Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But [let] those who love Him [be] like the sun When it comes out in full strength.” So the land had rest for forty years.
All worldly and vein thoughts perish when we die.
2 – Trust in God
V5 Happy [is he] who [has] the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope [is] in the LORD his God
People who trust in God will be happy. Happiness, blessedness is not restricted to earthly. God is a personal God here “the God of Jacob” – the covenant promise. Jacob is singled out because he was the father of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Gen 49:24, Psalm 20:1,46:7,11;Psalm 76:6,81:1, 146:5
LORD
Jehovah = “the existing One”
-the proper name of the one true God
-unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of
Praise Him! In all things
V6 – His power above all power. His supremacy.
3 – Praise Him for His provision
Praise Him that He gives life to our soul.
We praise Him for His eternal salvation. V7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.
V8 – The LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.
Praise Him for this. He exalts the humble.
Praise us for His love. It’s a transforming, justifying and saving Love. Also a sanctifying love.
1 Peter 4:15-16 (NKJV) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if [anyone suffers] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
V9 – The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
Praise Him for His protection.
4 – He thwarts the wicked. – But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
Proverbs 1:16-17 (NKJV) 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird; The LORD shall reign forever– Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!
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Psalm 146:1-10 (NKJV) 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 2 While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, [Nor] in a son of man, in whom [there is] no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. 5 Happy [is he] who [has] the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope [is] in the LORD his God, 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that [is] in them; Who keeps truth forever, 7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners. 8 The LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous. 9 The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. 10 The LORD shall reign forever– Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!