Psalm 149:1-6,9 ~ the judgment written

Psalm 149:1-6

1 Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
3 Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,

Psalm 149:9

9 to execute on them the judgment written!
This is honor for all his godly ones.
Praise the Lord!

His Love Endures Forever, sung by Michael W. Smith

Judgment is not one of the words mankind has ever favored. Judgment means power we are not in charge of, something that weakens us. Judgment means vulnerability. Mankind has fought the idea God is superior to us since the beginning. God's judgment isn't flawed. He judged mankind to be sinful. He atoned for us and gave us His Son, Jesus Christ.

When we accept Jesus Christ- for us, seeking God, judgement is not something to think of in fear. In Jesus Christ, we are declared forgiven. Fear of God is the 'beginning' of wisdom, but God helps us recover from fear.


2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Romans 8:30-39

30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In Jesus Christ, the judgment written is forever marked as paid in full. We are more than conquerors through Him who loves us.

Salvation is not something we experience just once, but is something to savor and rejoice in all the days of our lives.

Praise to You, Lord God!!!

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