Psalm 148 Let's Just Praise the Lord -
His Praise Is -
1. Commendable - 1 Praise ye the Lord.
The Need for it - Praise ye - Psa. 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
It is - a Good thing, a Gracious thing - to give thanks
a Glorious thing - unto the Lord, a Gladdening thing - and to sing praises
a Guided thing - unto thy name, a Gratifying thing - O most High:
The Nature of it - It must be Conscious, Constant, Consistent.
The Neglect of it - Through - Sin, Self, Service and Self-Importance.
2. Celestial
1 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
The Praise - Praise ye the Lord,
The Place - from the heavens:
The Person - praise him,
The Priority - in the heights.
3. Credible
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
The Flag - 2 Praise ye,
The Focus - 2 him,
The Force - all his angels:
The Faith - praise ye him,
The Fight - all his hosts.
The Truth - Hebrews 1:6 Jesus greater than the angels -
The Time - And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world,
The Task - he saith, (God the Father)
The Testimony - And let all the angels of God worship him.
4. Creational
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: all ye stars of light.
Their Note - 3 Praise ye him,
Their Name - sun and moon:
Their Nature - praise him,
Their Number - all ye stars of light.
Their Witness - Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Their Warning - Psalm 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Their Watching - Psalm 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
5. Compatible
The Voice - 4 Praise him,
The Vastness - ye heavens of heavens,
The Void - and ye waters that be above the heavens.
The Verification -
Their Duty - 5 Let them praise,
Their Deity - the name of the Lord:
Their Destiny - for he commanded, and they were created.
Their Durability - 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever:
he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
The Subtilty of All Things - James 1:16 - Do not err, my beloved brethren
The Source of All Things - 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
The Course of All Things - and cometh down from the Father of lights,
The Force of All Things - with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
The Sum of All Things - 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,
that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
His Call To Them - 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,
and ye waters that be above the heavens.
His Command For Them - 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord:
His Creation Of Them - for he commanded, and they were created.
His Control In Them - 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever:
His Counsel With Them - he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
6. Terrestrial - Things Under The Earth - 7 and all deeps:
7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
The Person - 7 Praise the Lord,
The Place - from the earth,
The Parties - ye dragons,
The Profound - and all deeps:
7. Providential - Things Above The Earth - 8
8 fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
The Weather - 8 fire, and hail; snow, and vapour;
The Wind - stormy wind -
The Work - fulfilling his word:
8. Horticultural - Things That Grow From The Earth - 9
9 mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
The Foundational - 9 mountains, and all hills;
The Fruitful - fruitful trees,
The Functional - and all cedars:
9. Agricultural - Things That Move On The Earth - 10
10 beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
The Wild - 10 beasts,
The Workable - and all cattle;
The Weak - creeping things,
The Winged - and flying fowl:
10. Multicultural - Those That Rule In The Earth - 11 kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
The Powerful - 11 kings of the earth - Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture
and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
The Plentiful - and all people;
The Authority - Mark 16:15 And he said unto them,
The Alacrity - Go ye into all the world,
The Activity - and preach the gospel
The Affinity - to every creature.
The Political - princes -
The Professonial - and all judges of the earth:
11. Universal - Those That Reside In The Earth -
12 both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
The Able - 12 both young men, Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
The Available - and maidens;
The Aged - old men,
The Infant - and children: Matt 19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: & the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
12. Reverential - 13 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
The People - 13 let them,
The Practice - praise,
The Perception - the name,
The Plan - of the Lord:
The Purpose - for his name alone is excellent;
The Priority - his glory is above the earth and heaven.
13. Prophetical - 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
Their Power - 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people,
Their Privilege - the praise of all his saints;
Their Past - even of the children of Israel,
Their Position - a people near unto him.
Their Praise - Praise ye the Lord.
