
Hallelujah!
Psalm 146
Pastor Malcolm
July 4, 2021
Background:
- Psalms 146-150 are called the “Hallelujah Psalms”
- Hallelujah combines the word praise (hallel), with part of God’s proper name (Yahweh) – translation, “praise the Lord or praise God”
- Praise means to give
and to one who is of it
Four Instructions for Praise
The Call to Praise (vs. 1-2)
- We are to praise
- We are to praise
The Obstacle of Praise (vs. 3-4)
- Trust in man
God - Trust in man
you - Trust in man
in every case
The
The
Praise God for
- God is creator and sustainer (6a)
- God is faithful and truthful (6b)
- God is just and merciful (7a)
Praise God for
- God nourishes the needy (7b)
- God pardons the prisoner (7c)
- God makes visible the veiled (8a)
- God heals the hurting (8b)
- God raises the loved righteous (8c)
- God protects the powerless (9a)
- God frustrates the fiendish (9b)