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Psalm 145 Commentary

The God Of Creation – His Kingdom

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KEY THOUGHT: You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing. [Psalm 145:16 NKJV]

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Psalm 145 NKJV

A Song of God’s Majesty and Love

A Praise of David.

145 I will [a]extol You, my God, O King;
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is [b]unsearchable.

4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 [c]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And [d]on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall [e]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
12 To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all [f]generations.

14 The Lord upholds all who fall,
And raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
20 The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 145:1 praise
b. Psalm 145:3 Beyond our understanding
c. Psalm 145:5 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Syr., Vg. They
d. Psalm 145:5 Lit. on the words of Your wondrous works
e. Psalm 145:7 eagerly utter, lit. bubble forth
f. Psalm 145:13 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Syr., Vg. add The LORD is faithful in all His words, And holy in all His works

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm 145 Commentary

David’s choice of titles for the LORD God can be very interesting. In Psalm 23, he chose the title Shepherd. There was everything shepherding and ‘sheeping’ about it. You couldn’t argue with him on something he knew very well. David was himself a shepherd!

Here we have another title for God born out of David’s experiences as the king of Israel. He knows what he is talking about. So this psalm is about the King and His kingdom. Psalm 23 was about the Shepherd and His sheep.

One of the subjects of the Kingdom is David. He is amazed at God’s greatness. He, therefore, declares the praises of the LORD. He would do so forever and ever, into eternity. What boldness! The words ‘never’ or ‘ever’ must be used sparingly. Not for David! Is he anticipating immortality? For sure, death won’t halt his praises!

And the frequency? Daily. Not weekly.

We are introduced to another form of worship. The saint can sit down and start thinking about the wonderful works of the LORD. Verse 5.

Think about them, proclaim them, and celebrate them. Sing joyfully about God’s righteousness. And why not? “The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.” Compassionate to all He has made. Creation feeds off the LORD’s hand, literally.

God’s Kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. He will never get voted out of office! His word stands.

Our thoughts and words about God must reflect God’s character and nature. That is praise. We are informed by the scriptures about God’s character and nature.

The more we meditate on the wonderful works of the LORD, the less worried we become. Evil no longer hangs around as a huge and controlling force in the world. We begin to see the reign of the King right in the midst of confusion. Praise flows naturally in this way.

The mention of “all living things” means David understands God’s Kingdom to be over all creation, both in time and space. The LORD God sustains creation.

But where is the place for the wicked? Of course, the LOR will destroy them; therefore, they don’t have a slot in God’s Kingdom. You don’t want to be part of this team!

Loving Scripture….

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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