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Psalms 92:1-8

Psalms 92:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Joyful worship.

"Celebrates in joyful strain the greatness of God's works, and especially his righteous government of the world, as manifested in the overthrow of the wicked, and the prosperity and final triumph of the righteous."

I. A GOOD MAN REJOICES IN THE RIGHTEOUS WORK OF GOD. (.)

1. Because God's work is a work of loving kindness. (.)

2. It is a work of faithfulness or truth. (.) He fulfils every word of promise and every threat of judgment.

3. God's good work is on a vast scale. (.) It is universal, embracing the heavens and the earth, extending throughout the universe. "God is in the height, supreme forevermore."

4. But God's way of accomplishing his righteous purpose is not always openly manifest. (.) "His thoughts are very deep." His methods of work are often deeper than we can fathom.

II. THAT THE JOY OF THE GOOD MAN IN GOD SEEKS EXPRESSION AND UTTERANCE IN WORSHIP. "It is a good thing."

1. It becomes a necessity of our nature. If the emotion of praise is in us, it demands expression; as the poet must sing, and the artist must paint. Worship thus becomes acceptable to God, and a means of our own elevation.

2. Worship such as this becomes the habit of the soul. "In the morning … every night," and on the sabbath day.

3. The true worshipper will call to his aid all that will help him to utter his emotions. The voice and other instruments—public service and ministry.

4. But it is only to our spiritual intelligence that worship becomes necessary. (.) "A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this"—S.

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