Psalm 147:1
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What has God done? Words cannot express! God's works are great and God's works are small. God's works are general and God's works are specific. God names the stars in galaxies far away and tends to the young ravens when they cry. God is abundant in power, able to rule over all, yet, sends gentle rain to water our fields. The psalmist notices the works of God and reminds the audience to praise God for who God is and what God has done.
We, too, are those called to notice and respond to the many works of our God. God is still active and moving in our world at large and in our individual lives. God is still building up God's people and healing the brokenhearted. Look around! Look up! Look down and see what God has done, then give praise to the One who alone is worthy. Holy God, you alone are worthy of all our praise. Open our eyes to notice the many ways that you are present and working in our world and incite in us a spirit of praise. Amen.
Katie Emery, '12
Pastor, Hope American Lutheran Church, Fallon, Mont. and Community Presbyterian Church, Terry, Mont.
Psalm 147:1 Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, 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 downtrodden; 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, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love...
20cPraise the Lord! (New Revised Standard Version)
Halleluyah!
How good it is to sing praises to our God!
How sweet, how fitting to praise him!
2 Adonai is rebuilding Yerushalayim,
gathering the dispersed of Isra’el.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines how many stars there are
and calls them all by name.
5 Our Lord is great, his power is vast,
his wisdom beyond all telling.
6 Adonai sustains the humble
but brings the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to Adonai with thanks,
sing praises on the lyre to our God.
8 He veils the sky with clouds;
he provides the earth with rain;
he makes grass grow on the hills;
9 he gives food to the animals,
even to the young ravens when they cry.
10 He takes no delight in the strength of a horse,
no pleasure in a runner’s speed.
11 Adonai takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who wait for his grace.
20 He has not done this for other nations;
they do not know his rulings.
Halleluyah!
(Complete Jewish Bible)***
What has God done? Words cannot express! God's works are great and God's works are small. God's works are general and God's works are specific. God names the stars in galaxies far away and tends to the young ravens when they cry. God is abundant in power, able to rule over all, yet, sends gentle rain to water our fields. The psalmist notices the works of God and reminds the audience to praise God for who God is and what God has done.
We, too, are those called to notice and respond to the many works of our God. God is still active and moving in our world at large and in our individual lives. God is still building up God's people and healing the brokenhearted. Look around! Look up! Look down and see what God has done, then give praise to the One who alone is worthy. Holy God, you alone are worthy of all our praise. Open our eyes to notice the many ways that you are present and working in our world and incite in us a spirit of praise. Amen.
Katie Emery, '12
Pastor, Hope American Lutheran Church, Fallon, Mont. and Community Presbyterian Church, Terry, Mont.
Psalm 147:1 Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, 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 downtrodden; 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, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love...
20cPraise the Lord! (New Revised Standard Version)
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