Bible Study March 24, 2025
Psalm 145 (CSB)
A hymn of David.
1 I exalt you, my God the King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 I will bless you every day; I will praise your name forever and ever. 3 The Lord is great and is highly praised; his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation will declare your works to the next and will proclaim your mighty acts. 5 I will speak of your splendor and glorious majesty and your wondrous works. 6 They will proclaim the power of your awe-inspiring acts, and I will declare your greatness. 7 They will give a testimony of your great goodness and will joyfully sing of your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love. 9 The Lord is good to everyone; his compassion rests on all he has made.” (Only a portion is contained here of Psalm 145).
David writes here his most exquisite Psalm of all one king writing to another King. He is proclaiming who He is, what he has done, and what he promised. An outline of the Psalm helps us break it down:
- Commitment to Praise (1 & 2)
- God’s awesome greatness (3 – 7)
- God’s great grace (8 – 13)
- God’s unfailing faithfulness (14 – 16)
- God’s unblemished righteousness (17 – 20)
- Exhortation to praise (21)
David recognized God was sovereign. He sees God (as we should) as ruling over all from before creation and forever following creation. He speaks of God’s common grace extended to all people; it is unlimited only mankind can stop it.
He concludes writing inverse twenty the wicked will be destroyed. They await eternity of the living forever away from the presence of God.
God Bless.
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