Psalm 147 ~ For it is good to sing praises to our God

Revelation Song - Phillips Craig & Dean



Psalm 147

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant,^{[for HE is beautiful]}
and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
Praise the Lord!

All art today painted by Wolf Kahn

Last night I read about the Resurrection after a Wednesday Service. I felt the same emotion Matthew Henry said the Psalms are a warm place to be. Sometimes when we read about the Risen Jesus, we feel included in the joy of the event. We are told to spend time singing praises to HIM. Christian radio helps us do this.

To tell HIM in joy, I love YOU, LORD. You are beautiful. And to be pleased when the words fall from our mouths in love.

Today I spoke with a woman who lost her child. Another woman was told by a hospital counselor she would never recover from the pain. Look at the promises HE gives us.

The Lord builds up

He gathers (from outside)

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

He remembers impossible details, creates, understands.

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
His understanding is beyond measure.

The Lord lifts up the humble

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody even just in your heart

Look to His Creation for aspects of HIS Beauty
He covers the heavens with clouds;
He prepares rain for the earth;
The LORD makes grass grow on the hills.
(We are so lucky in the subtopics and the Northern States with rye grass color in winter is
like the astonishment and joy in color when skies are grey.)

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

 

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