July 03 2012

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Forty Six

1 Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

2 I will praise the Lord during my life; as long as I have any being, I will sing unto my God.

3 Put not your trust in Princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him. (a)

4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth; then his thoughts perish.

5 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth his fidelity forever,

7 Which executeth justice for the oppressed, which giveth bread to the hungry; the Lord looseth the prisoners.

8 The Lord giveth sight to the blind: the Lord raiseth up the crooked: the Lord loveth the righteous.

9 The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but he overthroweth the way of the wicked.

10 The Lord shall reign forever: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Praise ye the Lord.

(a) Editor’s thought - Why put your trust in the created, instead of the Creator. To often we see people who think so highly of themselves and mock God. But the scriptures say that God’s ways are not man’s ways, and that His thoughts are higher than man’s. This is to say that His are honorable and noble, righteous, and just. While man, no matter how well intentioned are always self serving.