Today's Video Devotion

Wednesday 1/31/24

Praise and Worship

📺️ Psalm 149 🔊

¹Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

 ²Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

 ³Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

 ⁴For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

 ⁵Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

 ⁶Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

 ⁷To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

 ⁸To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

 ⁹To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Written By: God through Inspiration

Penned By: David, Asaph, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, Moses, and the Sons of Korah

Date Penned: (1440-586 BC)

Overview: Poetry for the Expression of Praise and Worship to God (c 1-150)

Theme: The Fifth Book of Psalms (c 107-150)

Message: A Victory Celebration (v 1-9)

Psalms 149 Commentary 

(149:3-5) Praising God - Although the Bible invites us to praise God, we often aren't sure how to go about it. Here, several ways are suggested - by dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments. God enjoys his people, and we should enjoy praising him. 

(149:6-7) Judgment - The "two edged sword" symbolizes the completeness of judgment that will be executed by the Messiah when he returns to punish all evildoers (Revelation 1316).

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today, we continue in the Book of Psalms with Chapter 149. In our text today, we see the theme of Praising the Lord in a Victorious Celebration. In our praise, an expression of joy, we see the Lord Pleased. In applying, we see genuine praise and worship as pleasing unto the Lord. Today, many of us go to Church but rarely engage in true worship. How about you? Do you worship the Lord? Let us learn from our Psalm and text today to remember that our Lord is pleased when we wholeheartedly praise the Lord.