Psalms of Praise: 100 and 150 THE OLD TESTAMENT * Week 25 * Opening Prayer: Psalm 100
I. “Songs of Ascent” – Psalms 120-134 –
II. Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Psalm 33:3 – Sing to [the LORD] a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his (OR “and not we ourselves”)
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (See Revelation chapters 4,7,and 19-22)
III. Psalm 150
1 Praise the Lord.
Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
IV. Messianic Psalms
A. Psalm 2:1-7 –
B. Psalm 22 – Quoted on the cross.
C. Psalm 31:5 – Prayer at bedtime.
D. Psalm 78:1-2 – “parables.”
E. Psalm 110:1-4 – Melchizedek. See Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 5-7.
A. Psalm 118:22-26—“Hosanna!”
Closing Prayer: Psalm 150
Preparation for next time: Read Proverbs 1-16
NO DIVING DEEPER NEXT WEEK ON EASTER.