Grateful Praise
Psalm 113
Grateful Praise
Psalm 113
Hallelujah (v1)
verb ‘halal’ + name ‘YH’
Hallelujah (v1)
‘YH’ = YHWH
God’s personal name
Means “I am”
Hallelujah (v1)
‘halal’ = to praise, to boast
in prayer, speech, song, dance
includes awe of who God is
includes thanks for what God’s done
Hallelujah (v1)
similar to “worship”
declaring God’s goodness and
greatness to Him and to one another
Pre-req’s for Worship (v13)
① Submission
“servants/slaves of the Lord”
Psalm 95:6
Come, let us worship and bow down, let us
kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Pre-req’s for Worship (v13)
① Submission
② Knowledge
“name of the Lord”
Essentials Bible Study
Tozer’s “Pursuit of God”
Pre-req’s for Worship (v13)
① Submission
② Knowledge
③ Consistency
“from this time forth and forever”
“from the rising of the sun to its setting”
Inspiration for Worship (v49)
God’s Greatness (v4-5)
“high above all nations” = sovereign
“glory above the heavens” = God’s
power, size, majesty > the universe’s
Our Universe
93 billion light years across
80 billion galaxies
10,000 galaxies
5,000,000,000,000,000 stars
(= 5 quadrillion)
10,000 galaxies
5,000,000,000,000,000 stars
5,000,000,000,000,000
stars
15
(5 x 10 = 5 quadrillion)
(= 5 quadrillion)
Inspiration for Worship (v49)
God’s Greatness (v4-5)
“high above all nations” = sovereign
“glory above the heavens” = God’s
power, size, majesty > the universe’s
Inspiration for Worship (v49)
God’s Greatness (v4-5)
God’s Grace (v6-9)
Inspiration for Worship (v49)
God’s Greatness (v4-5)
God’s Grace (v6-9)
What’s Amazing: He’s Both!
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Great AND Gracious
Psalm 113
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Just AND Justifier
Romans 3:23-26
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Unapproachable Sovereign
AND Approachable Daddy
1 Timothy 6:15–16
...He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of
kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality
and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen
or can see...
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Unapproachable Sovereign
AND Approachable Daddy
Romans 8:15–16
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear
again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by
which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Terrifyingly Glorious
AND Tenderly Loving
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat
upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled
away, and no place was found for them.
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Terrifyingly Glorious
AND Tenderly Loving
Revelation 21:3–4
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying,
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He
will dwell among them, and they shall be His people,
and God Himself will be among them...
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Terrifyingly Glorious
AND Tenderly Loving
Revelation 21:3–4
...and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
and there will no longer be any death; there will no
longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first
things have passed away.”
Glorious Paradox: God is
both...
Great AND Gracious
Just AND Justifier
Unapproachable Sovereign
AND Approachable Daddy
Terrifyingly Glorious
AND Tenderly Loving