Psalm 146:1-10

Cross-references For Better Understanding a Related Topics b Additional Materials c

Summary

• Trust God, not humans.

Scripture

Psalm 146:1-10

Scripture Passage	Comments and Links
Psa 146:1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. Psa 146:2 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.	Praise to God! Worship - the expression of the psalmist's heart.
Psa 146:3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. Psa 146:4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.	Don't put your trust in humans! When they die, everything you trusted dies with them. The Brevity of Human Life Human Beings (the nature of their physical bodies)
Psa 146:5 Happy [or, "blessed"] is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: Psa 146:6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;	Trust in the one who made all things! Those who do so are blessed. (Some of the blessings are described in the following section. These blessings are present because of the nature of the one they are trusting!) God and Creation He "keeps truth" - a reference to his faithfulness. He is trustworthy! The Need to Trust God - (rather than people)
Psa 146:7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. Psa 146:8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. Psa 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.	What is this trustworthy God like? Everything that a trustworthy ruler should be! Some examples (including some characteristics that only God can do)... Justice The Oppressed and Afflicted The Hungry Widows and Orphans The Blind Foreigners Reversal of Circumstances The Judgment of the Wicked
Psa 146:10 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!	He will rule forever! This stands in contrast to the temporary nature of human rule (v. 3). God's Rule Over All Things

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The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.

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