Psalm Ps. 146. Because God rules everything, his suffering people can have hope.
Ps. 146:1–2 The whole congregation receives the invitation, Praise the Lord, and then each member applies it to himself (Praise the Lord, O my soul).
Ps. 146:3–4 It is useless to put one’s trust in princes, who are mortals. Governments and armies have their proper place, but their merely human power is not ultimately decisive in the world that God rules.
Ps. 146:5–9 Yahweh, the God of Jacob, is the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them (words from Ex. 20:11). Verses 7–9 of Psalm 146 list groups of weak people (oppressed, hungry, prisoners, the blind, bowed down, sojourners, widow, fatherless), probably God’s own faithful.
Ps. 146:10 Because the Lord will reign forever (Ex. 15:18; Ps. 29:10), God’s people should praise him now.
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