The author of Psalm 135 is not known; but the author shares with us a hymn of praise which contrasts the greatness of God with the powerlessness of idols. If you are a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only one you worship is the living God!
Those who worshiped idols in the time this psalm was written, were as blind and insensitive as the idols themselves. They could not hear or see what God had to say. In subtle, imperceptible ways we become like the idols we worship. If the true God is your God, you will become more like him as you worship him.
What are your goals? What takes priority in your life? Choose carefully because you will take on the characteristics of whatever you are putting first in your life. Are you putting God first or second or is he third or fourth? Choose to put God first and then you will take the characteristics of the Lord as you praise and worship him.
Psalm 135 / New International Version
ReplyDelete1 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 O Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O 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.
13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
your renown, O Lord, through all generations.
14 For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
19 O house of Israel, praise the Lord;
O house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
20 O house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
21 Praise be to the Lord from Zion,
to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.