Bible Study March 19, 2025
Psalm 146 (CSB)
“Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save. 4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die. 5 Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever, 7 executing justice for the exploited and giving food to the hungry. The Lord frees prisoners. 8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are oppressed. The Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 10 The Lord reigns forever; Zion, your God reigns for all generations. Hallelujah!”
There is no indication who wrote this Psalm but it is similar to two other Psalm 133 and 145. It begins with “Praise the Lord, O my soul” which is a good way to begin our day thanking God for a good night’s sleep and ending the day with a “Praise the Lord!”
A simple outline for this psalm is:
- Commitment to Praise (146:1 -2)
- Misplaced Trust (146;3-4)
- Blessed hope (146;5 – 10)
Our hope is built on Jesus reminding me of a hymn. Here is some commentary from Wikipedia.
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
“My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” is a Christian hymn written by Edward Mote, a pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex. Mote wrote around 100 hymns, this one which he wrote in 1834, being the best known of his.
The hymn “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” was published anonymously in several hymn collections before first being attributed to Edward Mote in a collection of approximately 100 of his hymns published in 1837 under the title Hymns of Praise, A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, Combining All the Excellencies of our Spiritual Poets, with Many Originals.[1] Mote’s original title was “The Immutable Basis for a Sinner’s Hope” in this collection.
The refrain of “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” refers to the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders and builds around the metaphor of Christ as a rock with a firm basis in scripture.
On Christ the Solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand
“My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” is part of the gospel hymns genre. The first stanza declares God’s grace; stanzas 2 and 3 concern the application of that grace in times of trouble. In the final stanza, Mote brings his hymn full circle with the ultimate realization of God’s grace.
God Bless.
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