Psalm 105:1-6 O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds among the people.… The mighty acts of Jehovah for his people from the first dawn of their national existence are recounted as a fitting subject for thankfulness, and as a ground for future obedience. I. GOD HAS WONDERFULLY REVEALED HIMSELF IN HISTORY. 1. By his marvellous work of love. To the Jews and to the world. Christianity a grand historical embodiment and exhibition of the love of God. 2. By his everlasting faithfulness. As witnessed in the fulfilment of his promises and threatenings to the Jews and the Christian Church. God departs neither from his word nor his plan. 3. By his righteous judgments upon the wickedness of men and nations. His righteousness is the guarantee both for his rewards and his punishments. Doing right is as much a part of the Divine character as doing good; i.e. justice and beneficence are both necessary to a perfect being. 4. By the publication of his law to mankind. (Ver. 5.) "The judgments of his mouth" are the utterances of his moral law which he has given by the deliverances of Moses and of Christ. II. HOW THIS REVELATION SHOULD BE RECEIVED. 1. With rejoicing gratitude and thanksgiving. This one of the highest parts of the worship of God. Joyful gratitude is love, and when this is followed by obedience, then God is worshipped most acceptably. 2. With devout meditation. Thought, meditation, is necessary to understand the smallest fact of life; but infinitely necessary to interpret the stupendous facts of redemption. 3. With a spirit of earnest inquiry. We have only just begun to understand the Divine work, and if "the angels desire to look into these things," how much more eager should we be to bend over them with inquiring thought! We are only in the incipient stages of spiritual intelligence. - S. Parallel Verses KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.WEB: Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. |
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