"I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reaches unto the clouds. 5. Be thou exalted, O God above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. 6. That thy beloved may be delivered save with thy right hand and answer me."
In the text printed above, David gives three reasons why he praised the Lord. Verse 3 tells that David would praise the Lord "among the people, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations." (He certainly did this in his Psalms.) We should not be ashamed to praise the Lord in front of all the world. ' In verse 4a, David declared: "For thy mercy is above the heavens..." What we know about the history of David in the Bible is that he needed God's mercy. Frankly, what we know about our own histories is that we also need God's mercy. We should praise Him for His mercy, for without His mercy we would be doomed eternally. I remember the old song: "It's me, It's me O Lord, standing the need of prayer." (After "prayer" we can add "mercy....") In verse 4b, David declared that he would praise God because of His truth: "....and thy truth reaches unto the clouds (skies)." It is in the Lord that we find real truth about our world and about ourselves. The Bible tells us that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) That is the truth, and because of this truth we need a Savior. That is why Jesus came into the world, died on the cross, arose from the grave and ascended to the Father. I need Jesus. You need Jesus. All of the world needs Jesus. That is the ultimate truth of the Bible. It is certainly worthy of our praise! Verse 5 gives us another reason to praise the Lord: "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth." David praised God because of His transcendence. God is the highest power in all of the universe. We should certainly lift up our hearts, voices and hands to the Almighty God of the universe. We need to ask ourselves if we really realize the greatness of God, and do we praise Him in His greatness? Of course, these are not all of the reasons for praising the Lord. I don't think there is a complete list for praising Him. Let's just praise Him! Bro. Joe First, David made it clear that he was not ashamed to praise the Lord in his heart and with the world.
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