ODB: In Brief
June 20, 2011
What we know about God should lead us to give joyful praise to Him.
READ: Psalm 117
His merciful kindness is great toward us. —Psalm 117:2
I counted once and discovered that Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains fewer than 300 words. This means, among other things, that words don’t have to be many to be memorable.
That’s one reason I like Psalm 117. Brevity is its hallmark. The psalmist said all he had to say in 30 words (actually just 17 words in the Hebrew text).
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness [love] is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord [faithfulness] endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Ah, that’s the good news! Contained in this hallelujah psalm is a message to all nations of the world that God’s “merciful kindness”—His covenant love—is “great toward us” (v.2).
Think about what God’s love means. God loved us before we were born; He will love us after we die. Not one thing can separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:39). His heart is an inexhaustible and irrepressible fountain of love!
As I read this brief psalm of praise to God, I can think of no greater encouragement for our journey than its reminder of God’s merciful kindness. Praise the Lord!
— David H. Roper
Source: Our Daily Bread
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Mainly, to the Hebrews, the merciful and kind God that they worship is based heavy on the Old Testament where God has delivered them from slavery. So, even though, the psalmist’s words maybe few but the picture that he has in mind is big with lot of details encompassed. I believe the same goes to us. When we meditate on God’s love through His only Son who died on the cross for our sin, we remember Jesus’ teachings, miracles and His distinct personality.
Don’t you agree?