Psalms 113:1-9
1 Praise the LORD!
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD!
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
From this time forth and forevermore!
3 From the rising of the sun to its going down
The LORD's name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations,
His glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God,
Who dwells on high,
6 Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?
7 He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
8 That He may seat him with princes—
With the princes of His people.
9 He grants the barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, honor and lift up His holy name above all others! We who are His servants, God’s people, ought to praise His name, which name includes Himself, His character, His works, His wrath and mercy in love and grace, and His lowering Himself to take on our frail nature to suffer in our place, sinlessly and effectually for atonement of our sin. Blessed is His name then and now and forevermore! We should be praising our God as the psalmist, from the time we awaken with the dawn’s early light to the end of the day as the light leaves our sight. This means constant praise to honor and glorify Him and His name (Philippians 2:9-11, Isaiah 45:22-24, Acts 4:12), Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. God alone is higher than all of the universe visible to our eyes, and surely higher than any nation, political leader or party, or any philosophical imagination of man. Who is like Him? He lives above and outside of the physical universe in the heavenly realm, yet has chosen to humble Himself to notice our frail state (Genesis 8:1, Psalm 136:23) and then walk among us as Immanuel (Matthew 1:23). He came personally in our midst (John 1:10-11, 14, Philippians 2:7-8) in humility for our example and our good. He raised us up out of the mire and ashes of sin’s destruction in order to seat us as royal heirs of His kingdom, that we might reign with Him (2 Timothy 2:12) as princes, honored in His sight by grace. He makes us fruitful to fill the earth as originally tasked in Eden’s garden of creation, making us His family (Ephesians 3:14-19) who then are able to give Him praise for such a gift of grace. Praise the Lord all His people for the majestic and holy God who reaches down to sinful man!
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