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)

The Obstacle of Praise (vs. 3-4)

The

of Praise (vs. 5)
and being by God

The

of Praise (vs. 6-10)
Praise God for He is

  • God is creator and sustainer (6a)
  • God is faithful and truthful (6b)
  • God is just and merciful (7a)

Praise God for

He does

  • 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)