Today is Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008; Karen's Korner #1283
Psalms 145
Commentary: Sometimes our burdens seem more than we can bear and we wonder how we can go on.
The psalmist stands at this bleak intersection of life's road and points toward the Lord, the great burden-bearer.
I will praise you, my God and King,
and bless your name each day and forever.
Great is Jehovah!
Greatly praise him!
His greatness is beyond discovery!
Let each generation tell its children what glorious things he does.
I will meditate about your glory, splendor, majesty, and miracles.
Your awe-inspiring deeds shall be on every tongue;
I will proclaim your greatness.
Everyone will tell about how good you are, and sing about your righteousness.
Jehovah is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of love.
He is good to everyone,
and his compassion is intertwined with everything he does.
All living things shall thank you, Lord,
and your people will bless you.
They will talk together about the glory of your kindness
and mention examples of your power.
They will tell about your miracles and about the majesty and glory of your reign.
For your kingdom never ends.
You rule generation after generation.
The Lord lifts the fallen and those bent beneath their loads.
The eyes of all mankind look up to you for help;
you give them their food as they need it.
You constantly satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.
The Lord is fair in everything he does, and full of kindness.
He is close to all who call on him sincerely.
He fulfills the desires of those who reverence and trust him;
he hears their cries for help and rescues them.
He protects all those who love him, but destroys the wicked.
I will praise the Lord and call on all men everywhere
to bless his holy name forever and forever.
~~ written by David, from the Living Bible
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