Psalms 148-150
PSALM 148 begins with heaven and all that are in it, living and inanimate, made and sustained by God and for His glory. Then it turns to earth and closes with His people. All are to praise the name of Jehovah; His name alone is exalted.
Psalm 149 bids Israel to rejoice, for Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He beautifies the meek with salvation. The meek are not much thought of in the world today; they are pushed aside very often, or just tolerated, but we have already seen in Psalm 25:99The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. (Psalm 25:9) what God thinks of them and will do for them. It is the meek in Israel that are delivered and blessed. Yet there will be the execution of judgment joined with the high praises of God (verses 5-9).
Psalm 150 is the closing word; this very remarkable book, full of the sorrows and experiences of a people under the chastening hand of God, full, too, of the purposes of God, and telling of the sufferings of all the saints, earthly and heavenly, when the days of our pilgrimage are over. The memory of the trials and difficulties, the heartaches and tears we have known while we are absent from the Lord, will only lead us out in sweeter praise, in louder and deeper Hallelujahs.
Messages of God’s Love 3/20/1932