Basket of Figs: Meditation and Prayer on Psalm 135

Monday, February 11, 2013

Psalm 135:1-6 Meditation and Prayer

Heavenly Father, our Lord and our King. It is pleasant indeed to sing praises unto

Your Name. We look forward every week to the Sabbath Day, where we remember

that You are good and have remembered the promises that You made to Your people.

You have chosen us to be Christians, to be Your people. We glory in being Your

special treasure in the earth. We are not ashamed to declare it, because You are not

ashamed to acknowledge us as Your people.

This is very great and wonderful news for us, Dear Lord, for it is of Your great pleasure

that You have done this. You have done whatever You have pleased in heaven and in

earth, in the seas, and in all deep places. You chose us for Your pleasure and not that

there were good things in us that You saw attractive. Indeed, it was when we were in

our sins, alienated from You that Christ died for us.

You are very great, O Lord God. You are far above all that we call gods, all that have a

name among the great of the earth. You are so great that their evil cannot touch You,

for You are above All and do as You please, and nothing binds Your hands. You will

fulfill all Your purposes and grace for the people of Your choice.

So we stand in the house of the Lord every Sunday, dear Lord, and we sing praises

unto Your Name. It is pleasant for us to do so. We are proud to be Your servants,

and nothing fits our tongues and our lips and our voices and our hearts better than to

praise the name of the Lord.

We will speak of the glorious honor of Your majesty, and of Your wondrous works.

Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness,

fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of

the LORD.

2 Ye that stand 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 praises unto his name; for it is

pleasant.

4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and

all deep places. Psalm 135:1-6

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