Praising Scripture - Dec 31

Introduction...

PSALM150:1-6 The Hallelujah Psalms
（Memorization Scripture: vv.1-2）
1 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
2 Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!



[sharing]

The last five chapters in Psalms (146-150) are all focusing on praising God. There is no sorrowfully begging like in Laments, nor aggrieved fretting like in Psalms of cursing, or even the confusion over long waiting on unanswered prayers. There are only praises inviting the children of God to offer sacrifices of praise from all angles. It seems that there are endless praises and the psalmists do no know how to start and don’t want it to end. So they begin and end the psalms with “Hallel” ( praise the Lord)!

In this last psalm of the Book of Psalms, the psalmist expresses even more that God is worthy to be praised with all my heart, all my soul, and all I can offer. Praise the Lord (the mighty acts, the great virtues) with every form (drumming, playing timbrel, dancing, ...), every instrument (trumpet, harp, lute, cymbals), and everywhere (His sanctuary, His mighty firmament)! Who shall praise Him? Not only the children of God, but everything that hath breath.

When you read this short and powerful Psalm, you can not help but stand up and praise the Lord! It may also remind you of the time when Solomon’s temple was built and the priests carried the ark of God into the sanctuary. All the people stand by the altar, praising the Lord. “The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: ‘He is good; his love endures forever.’ ” (2 Chronicles 5: 13a)

Next time when we gather together in the presence of God, can we praise Him wholeheartedly with all we can because we know who He is? And when we do, may we also experience that “then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.” (2 Chronicles 5: 13b-14)

【簡介】...

詩 150:1-6 哈里路亞詩篇
(背誦1-2節)
1 你們要讚美耶和華!

在 神的聖所讚美祂，
在祂顯能力的穹蒼讚美祂！
2 要因祂大能的作為讚美祂，
按著祂極美的大德讚美祂。
3 要用角聲讚美祂，
鼓瑟、彈琴讚美祂。
4 擊鼓、跳舞讚美祂，
用絲弦的樂器和簫的聲音讚美祂。
5 用大響的鈸讚美祂，
用高聲的鈸讚美祂。

6 凡有氣息的，都要讚美耶和華！

你們要讚美耶和華！


【心得分享】
詩篇最後五篇（146-150）詩歌，都集中在讚美 神。再沒有哀歌的苦苦求告，沒有咒詛詩的憤憤不平，沒有長久等候禱告蒙答應的困惑。只有讚美，從各個不同的角度，邀請 神的兒女向 神獻上讚美的祭。好像有不盡的讚美，不知如何開始，也不想結束，所以開頭結尾都是「你們要讚美耶和華！」
到了這最後一篇，詩人更是極力的想表達 神配得我們盡心盡力的讚美，不拘形式（鼓瑟、彈琴、擊鼓、跳舞、…），不拘樂器（角，瑟，琴，鼓，絲弦的樂器，蕭，鈸），不拘地方（聖所，穹蒼），就是讚美祂（大能的作為，極美的大德）！誰來讚美祂呢？不只是神的兒女，所有的受造之物，凡有氣息的，都要讚美耶和華！
頌讀這一個短卻強而有力的詩篇的時候，你忍不住的要站起來揚聲讚美！也禁不住想像起當年所羅門聖殿蓋好時，祭司將 神的約櫃抬進至聖所後，站在祭壇旁邊的眾人，無論是「吹號的、歌唱的都一齊發聲，聲合為一，讚美感謝耶和華。吹號、敲鈸，用各種樂器，揚聲讚美耶和華說：『耶和華本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！』」（代下5:13a）
當我們每一次聚集在神的同在中，是否也可以因為認識祂是一位怎樣的神，而這樣極力的讚美祂？如果如此，我們也一定要經歷 “那時，耶和華的殿有雲充滿，甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了神的殿。” （代下5:13b-14） (NY)