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Psalm 96(Good News Translation)
Saturday
November 21, 2009
Called to be Free to Give God Thanks and Praise
Introduction
Psalm 96: Today's psalm encourages hearers to praise God through joyful song, proclaiming God's salvation and works over and over again. The psalmist lifts God above the idols of neighboring nations, proclaiming God's absolute strength and power.
Today's Scripture: Psalm 96:2
Sing to the LORD and praise him! Proclaim every day the good news that he has saved us.
How is this Scripture passage speaking to me today?
Today's Reading
1Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing to the LORD, all the world!2Sing to the LORD, and praise him! Proclaim every day the good news that he has saved us.3Proclaim his glory to the nations, his mighty deeds to all peoples.4The LORD is great and is to be highly praised; he is to be honored more than all the gods.5The gods of all other nations are only idols, but the LORD created the heavens.6Glory and majesty surround him; power and beauty fill his Temple.7Praise the LORD, all people on earth; praise his glory and might.8Praise the LORD's glorious name; bring an offering and come into his Temple.9Bow down before the Holy One when he appears; tremble before him, all the earth!10Say to all the nations, The LORD is king! The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with justice.11Be glad, earth and sky! Roar, sea, and every creature in you;12be glad, fields, and everything in you! The trees in the woods will shout for joy13when the LORD comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.Reflect
96:1 tells hearers to "sing a new song to the LORD!" New songs celebrate new acts of deliverance by God. This "new song" could certainly have been sung in celebration of how God eventually restored the people following the crisis of 586 BC when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. What "new song" might you sing today? In what ways has God shown deliverance to you?
Pray
Great and Glorious God, you are great and are to be highly praised! May the earth and sky, the seas and trees, and all the creatures of the earth sing praises to you! Amen.
Prayer Concern
Those seeking God's deliverance
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