This week we begin worship with:
Praise the Lord!Sing to the Lord a new song,his praise in the assembly of the godly!For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;he adorns the humble with salvation.
When we hear the command to "praise", we often don't look far enough for the reason why. We receive praise at work or at home when we do something good. In verse 4, the Psalmist declares the two reasons God should be praised.
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
The first reason, is what rescued Job from his depression:
If a man dies, shall he live again?All the days of my service I would wait,till my renewal should come.You would call, and I would answer you;you would long for the work of your hands.
Job realized that God loves us. That He longs (kāsap̄) for us. That not even death would keep us apart. That God would solve the problem even if Job could not.
he adorns the humble with salvation.
The Psalmist calls us to praise because God wraps with salvation (yᵊšûʿâ).
STOP. Go back and pronounce that Hebrew word! Yes, you now know why we should be praising God:
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
God solved that problem in Jesus, whose Advent is soon upon us.
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