Introduction

A joyful Psalm, praising God, but with a warning.

Verses
1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD.
Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving.
Let’s extol him with songs!
3For the LORD is a great God,
a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also his.
5The sea is his, and he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down.
Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
7for he is our God.
We are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep in his care.
Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9when your fathers tempted me,
tested me, and saw my work.
10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation,
and said, “It is a people that errs in their heart.
They have not known my ways.”
11Therefore I swore in my wrath,
“They won’t enter into my rest.”

Questions

1. How many different ways does the psalmist say we should praise God in the first 6 verses?

v 1 and 2 ... let’s sing ... Let’s shout aloud ... Let’s come ... with thanksgiving ... Let’s extol him ...

v 6 ... let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel ...

6 ways

2. Why does the Psalm say that God is a great God?

v 3 to 5 For the LORD is a great God,
a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also his.
The sea is his, and he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.

3. What are the advantages of having God as our God?

v 7 for he is our God.
We are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep in his care. ...

Summary Points

  • v 1 to 7 A call to praise the LORD for his salvation and to recognise God as the great Creator
  • v 8 to 11 Remember the generation of the Israelites that perished in the wilderness because they challenged God

 Timeline 1050 to 850 BC

The audio version uses Yahweh instead of LORD. This reflects the original Hebrew language.

Audio