Day 331: There Is a God and He Is Great (Psalm 135:1–12, 2 Peter 1:1–21, Daniel 2:24–3:12)

Day 331: There Is a God and He Is Great (Psalm 135:1–12, 2 Peter 1:1–21, Daniel 2:24–3:12): Day 331: There Is a God and He Is Great (Psalm 135:1–12, 2 Peter 1:1–21, Daniel 2:24–3:12) - 

Psalm 135:1–12

Psalm 135

  1 Praise the Lord.

  Praise the name of the Lord;
   praise him, you servants of the Lord,
  2 you who minister in the house of the Lord,
   in the courts of the house of our God.

  3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
   sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
  4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own,
   Israel to be his treasured possession.

  5 I know that the Lord is great,
   that our Lord is greater than all gods.
  6 The Lord does whatever pleases him,
   in the heavens and on the earth,
   in the seas and all their depths.
  7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
   he sends lightning with the rain
   and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

  8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
   the firstborn of people and animals.
  9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
   against Pharaoh and all his servants.
  10 He struck down many nations
   and killed mighty kings—
  11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
   Og king of Bashan,
   and all the kings of Canaan —
  12 and he gave their land as an inheritance,
   an inheritance to his people Israel.

Psalm Commentary

Proclaim the greatness of God

‘God’s so good’ (v.3, MSG). This is the claim of the psalmist: ‘The Lord is great’ (v.5). He remembers God’s relationship with his people (v.4). He sees the world that God created and sustains (vv.6–7), and he testifies to God’s wonderful protection (vv.8–11). This range of experience and evidence underpins his belief in the greatness of God.

Respond to God’s greatness in worship. Again and again the psalmist calls us to ‘praise the Lord’ – a call that is repeated, in various forms, five times in the first three verses. Praise the Lord!

Prayer

Lord, today I want to praise you and worship you. I trust you with my life again today.

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