A Psalm for Sunday, Psalm 69, verses 30 to 36, I will praise the name of God with a song

 

Psalm 69:30 ¶  I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31  This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32  The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33  For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34  Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 35  For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36  The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

 

Psalm 28:7  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

 

We should all have this praise that David speaks of and be thankful always.

 

1Thessalonians 5:18  In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

 

God is more pleased with a thankful heart than he is with animal sacrifices. In fact, every thing that flows from a thankful heart is more pleasing to God.

 

Micah 6:6 ¶  Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7  Will the LORD be

pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

 

The humble, the meek, and the lowly will rejoice as those who submit to His will.

 

Psalm 25:9  The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

 

Being humble here is linked to poverty but we can also interpret it as being humble toward God.

 

1Peter 5:6  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

 

Every created thing praises God.

 

 

Psalm 96:11  Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

 

Psalm 98:7  Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8  Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

 

Psalm 148:1 ¶  Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2  Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3  Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4  Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5  Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6  He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 7 ¶  Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 8  Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: 9  Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 10  Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: 11  Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12  Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13  Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 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.

 

Psalm 150:6  Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

 

A promise is made to bless the people of Israel. This can clearly be a prophecy of His millennial reign over the world from Jerusalem as well.

 

Psalm 102:16  When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

 

Psalm 22:30  A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

 

David’s prayer for deliverance from his enemies also appears to be fraught with prophetic references that perhaps David knew nothing about. The Holy Spirit guides the writers even when they are unwitting secretaries.