Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Psalms 115-118, and I'll be focusing on Psalm 117, which, as I mentioned yesterday, is my favorite psalm! Ever.
Not only because it's short, okay.
Praise the LORD, all nations; laud Him, all peoples! For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!
That's it. That's the whole psalm. Short, sweet, and right to the point.
Praise and laud the Lord, all nations and peoples.
I'll save you having to look up laud like I did. It means to praise or to extol. Now, I really like the word extol (yes, I'm a word nerd). The word extol, and thus the word laud, if we go a bit deeper into the meaning, means to "praise highly" or "glorify." One definition even says to "praise publicly." So, what the psalmist is really saying is that all peoples should glorify God and praise Him loudly and publicly.
God's lovingkindness is great, and He is merciful to us.
His truth lasts forever.
So we should always praise Him.
It's such a short psalm, but look at everything it said, and how highly it extolled God in so few words.
Sometimes that's all it takes. Just a few words. Sometimes it may take more words, but not always. I think what matters is what we say to and about God, not necessarily how long it takes us to say it.
And that's my favorite psalm. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I always do.
I also hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Psalm 119:1-88. It's going to be a long one, so we'll be on it for a couple days.
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