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If you wanted to formally study 
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you to do that. 
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them, there's a lot of really 
promising areas of research that

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are happening right now. 
Some of those or one of those. 

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How do you tell the difference 
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Bible between what is poetry and
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That's one subject. 
Another one, what's the basic 

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fundamental unit in poetry? 
Is it parallel lines? 

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Is it groupings of lines? 
Is it just the singular line as 

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you're going through? 
We, we don't know. 

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We're working this out. 
We're still wondering if there's

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any meter in biblical poetry. 
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figurative language in Hebrew, 
and scholars are more and more 

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interested in studying the 
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We call it the aesthetics, 
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beauty, looking at imagery, the 
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sound play, sonority meeting, 
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quietness, praise versus silence
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silence and praise, imagination 
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But all parties agree that there
is one area of study that is 

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dominating Psalms research right
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and it has for 50 years. 
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where we are and why it's 
important, I have a figure I 

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want to introduce you to or a 
little bit of history I want to 

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introduce you to. 
There's a man named Airman 

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Gunkel, who's an Old Testament 
scholar. 

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His greatest work translated 
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translates the Psalms. 
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name Gunkel because he is the 
father of what we call form 

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criticism and applied to the 
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He says there are certain forms 
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categories of Psalms that we're 
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And it's important that we 
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structure. 
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at the history and the context 
behind the Psalms and understand

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what was going on in ancient 
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And if you've ever studied the 
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you'll hear people using these 
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They'll say there are lament 
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things that are for you on your 
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and and community psalms, things
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church. 
And you say there's Thanksgiving

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psalms both for your community, 
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God together, and individual 
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can do between you and God 
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And there's wisdom psalms, and 
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there's praise psalms, and 
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there's pilgrimage psalms and 
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PS If you've ever used any of 
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thank the research of Gunkul. 
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thinking or what happened in the
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thinking about the psalms was be
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individually. 
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they're in. 
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this Psalm, and the meaning and 
application comes from this 

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Psalm, the the genre or the 
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and what was going on in the 
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And so you have to go to the 
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study of the Psalms, which was 
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You can find all these books in 
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editing of the Hebrew Psalter, 
where you have Gerald Wilson 

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saying, no, the order of the 
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Bible is important. 
We don't just treat them as 

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individuals. 
They're in this order. 

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He called it the canonical 
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They're in this order for a 
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And the categories are 
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Of course there's categories and
they're so helpful and they 

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bring us meaning, but there's 
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where the Psalm you're reading 
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or the Psalter. 
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through the Psalms, they tell a 
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And so here's the great subject 
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What story are the Psalms 
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What is that story? 
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And they're both true. 
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story is a story of kingship. 
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goes all the way to the 
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which if you know Psalm 1 and 
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They're the same Psalm. 
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gateway of saying this is what a
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supposed to look like. 
This is what blessing looks 

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like. 
We're going to be like trees 

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that are planted by streams of 
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season, and where our 
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like light Into Darkness. 
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second section, it talks about 
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It introduces it saying why do 
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people's plot in vain? 
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It is the kings of the earth. 
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Lord and his anointed his king. 
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have set my king on Zion, my 
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Verse 10 Now therefore, O kings 
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warned, O rulers of the earth. 
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What's the application? 
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you perish, right? 
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pointing ultimately to the 
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There's there's heavy lament. 
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Psalms we didn't know we were 
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that. 
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our experience on the earth as 
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It's it's giving us this 
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it's showing us that the kings 
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There's no perfect king. 
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Psalm 51 with David, the 
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over Israel during the golden 
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He's God's man. 
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revealed to you? 
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a murderer. 
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on to a greater king, a Messiah,
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Chapter 67117 emphasize our 
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the eternal dwelling of this 
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culminating in 146 to 150 where 
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That's where we are today. 
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doxology, we see the restoration
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It's telling a story. 
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wonderful end. 
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wisdom or a democratizing focus.
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concepts. 
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teaching us how to be wise and 
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they're teaching us most 
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the theology and Christian 
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temple. 
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It's taking all of that temple 
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piety, and it's saying this is 
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believer. 
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faithful Christian living and 
worship accessible in the church

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to everyone without distinction,
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song book. 
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This is the Christian songbook 
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the experiences that we 
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life. 
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know, of all of this, which one 
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But I want you to see all these 
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If you'll turn to Psalm 148, 
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And so we can say thanks to the 
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Psalm 148 is a praise song. 
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framework to, to even guide us 
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It's biblical praise. 
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undeniably Messianic king 
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And thanks to the wisdom of 
Gerald Wilson and, and Psalm 

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148, we say Psalm 148 just 
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of the Psalter. 
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important that it is where it 
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All of creation culminates in 
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eternal King. 
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It's here for a reason. 
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declares the majesty and praise 
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And finally, we confess that the
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democratizing, meaning they they
make faithful Christian living 

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and theology and worship 
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And Psalm 148 specifically, it's
saying this is the vocabulary 

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that you can use to praise God. 
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These are the words you can use.
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now do it yourself. 
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Now praise God, from whom all 
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And so the movement of these 150
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chorus. 
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the Psalms is gone, and 
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is gone. 
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joy reigning forever and the end
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Everywhere praising God through 
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And there's a fivefold doxology 
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third Psalm 148, and it begins 
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Hallelu ya Hallelu Yahweh. 
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Read it with me. 
Psalm 148 says, praise the Lord,

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praise the Lord from the 
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heights, praise Him all his 
angels, praise Him, all his 

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hosts, praise him, sun and moon,
praise Him all you shining 

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stars, praise Him, you highest 
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the heavens. 
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Lord, for He commanded, and they
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them forever and ever. 
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not pass away. 
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You great sea creatures in all 
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Fire and hail and snow and mist,
stormy wind fulfilling His word.

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Mountains and all hills, fruit 
trees and all Cedars, beasts and

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Kings of the earth and all 
peoples, Princess and all rulers

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of the earth, Young men and 
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children. 
Let them praise the name of the 

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Lord, for His name alone is 
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His Majesty is above earth and 
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He's raised up a horn for His 
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Praise for all His Saints, for 
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near to Him. 
Praise the Lord when you you 

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know what this is about. 
Do you need me to explain to you

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what this passage is about? 
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A child with no help from a 
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mother could tell you what this 
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But the it's significant. 
It's weighty in what it's 

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saying, and it begins with a 
command that serves in Hebrew 

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just like it does in the 
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We say Hallelujah. 
It's an interjection. 

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It's spontaneous praise, but 
it's also a second person plural

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imperative. 
It's a commandment to be obeyed 

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as much as it is a declaration. 
It means literally, you praise 

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God for this. 
You all praise God for this. 

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It's used to stir one another up
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It comes from Hallelujah, comes 
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which means to celebrate or to 
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In thinking of Jeremiah 923, 
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strength or in our might or in 
our riches, it says, but let him

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who glories, let him who boasts,
boast in this that he 

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understands and knows me. 
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loving kindness and 
righteousness and justice in the

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earth. 
And it's, it's not just that we 

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celebrate. 
There's an object to it. 

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It's not just Hallelu, it's 
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We put our trust, we glory. 
We celebrate the King of kings 

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and our Lord. 
We celebrate his glory and his 

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fame and his renown and his 
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his salvation. 
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Here's a brief definition. 
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and the worth of the eternal 
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delighting in his glory and 
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actions, and especially in the 
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there's a response that comes. 
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it's an interjection. 
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And Nehemiah 8, when the people 
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haven't heard it and it's being 
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Amen and Amen, Hallelujah. 
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There will be a spontaneous word
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and ever, Hallelujah, praise the
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Unless there be any confusion in
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short verse that uses the word 
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something once, you better pay 
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If you open. 
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this page 42 times in these 
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me to praise God. 
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important, this matters, it's 
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And when we look at praise songs
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God. 
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protector and provider of his 
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community of heaven with the 
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time. 
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It goes on. 
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call you to praise God, and the 
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all history and the focal point 
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We have more reason. 
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collection of praise psalms that
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things. 
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as we narrow in on on this 
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He is the creator of the 
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structure, the standard 
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our structure to move through 
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He calls all creation to praise.
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of God, and then he explains 
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This is why you ought to praise 
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There's always an ending. 
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So the lion's share of the 
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declared. 
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the conclusion, right? 
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and 1/2 at the end. 
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it's really one word, 
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It calls you to praise God 
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share of the Psalm, this long 
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We have to answer the question, 
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Who is called to praise God? 
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creation. 
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praise. 
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creation into two categories. 
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earth. 
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that again. 
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there's the highest heaven and 
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heaven. 
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sea and the sky. 
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the elements and everything 
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And they called it in the 
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they had three heavens. 
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even picture it here with this 
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there's this 1st heaven. 
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a certain glory of the sky above
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That was your first heaven. 
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a telescope, then you would have
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is the glory of the universe and
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the universes and the black 
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as the second heaven is above 
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that says infinitely more 
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This was the 3rd heaven to be in
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itself. 
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glory. 
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There is one measure of glory, 
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on a cloudy day, you see rays of
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clouds. 
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must be something more glorious 
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lights because it's shining into
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would see the vastness of this 
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trillion Suns and accelerating 
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I think of Psalm 19 also a 
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bridegroom leaving his chamber 
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so it proceeds upward in joy. 
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to somewhere. 
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something more glorious than 
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in front of in front of us. 
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Scripture, there is something 
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Psalm 24, eight says, who is 
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and he is worthy of all praise, 
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Who is this king of glory? 
Someone 15 answers it. 

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The highest heaven belongs to 
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And Psalm 148 takes you into the
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sat in Revelation 19 just a 
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happening in the highest 
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presence of God now and forever.
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The angels are praising him, the
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elders are praising him, the 
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and ever. 
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in the throne room of God. 
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heavens. 
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praise him all his angels, 
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heavens, All the heavens are 
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shining stars, praise Him you 
highest heavens, and you waters 

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above the heavens. 
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Lord, for He commanded, and they
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He established them forever and 
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He gave a decree, and they shall
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praising Him. 
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object praise God, except it's 
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purpose. 
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that's what it's doing. 
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me glory, so you are praising 
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Scripture calls it praise. 
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spotlight off of them and shine 
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made to do? 
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What's your purpose? 
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definition of praise, 
recognizing the praiseworthiness

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of the King of glory, the worth 
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in him and delighting in him, 
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action and in song. 
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the heavens, the heaven and the 
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praises the Lord. 
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Lord. 
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and its inhabitants, but the 
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The earth and all its 
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have to praise God. 
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Verses 7 to 12 Praise the Lord 
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creatures in all deeps, fire, 
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wind, fulfilling His word, 
mountains and all hills, fruit 

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trees and all Cedars, beasts and
all livestock, creeping things 

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and flying birds, kings of the 
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and all rulers of the earth, 
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old men and children, and just 
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the creatures are to praise him.
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natural elements, the snow, the 
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mist? 
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It says when they fulfill his 
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Verse 9, it says the earth 
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and it says it's the mountains 
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that clap their hands. 
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fruit trees of which I got my 
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Yesterday we got our Peach trees
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The fruit trees bring him glory 
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And I can affirm they have. 
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trees, but the evergreens and 
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When you go snowboarding and you
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declaring his praise. 
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it says the entire animal 
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and Genesis 2 in the creation 
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These as they praised him became
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Jesus Christ. 
He uses their praise as elements

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in his teaching. 
When the king of all glory walk 

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the earth, he says in Luke 14, 
five of the beasts and 

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livestock, he says, which one of
you having an ox that's fallen 

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into a well on the Sabbath, does
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And of creeping things, Luke 
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If his son asks for an egg, 
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give him a scorpion. 
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626, consider the birds of the 
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They neither sow nor reap, nor 
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heavenly Father feeds them every
aspect of creation, the music of

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the spheres functioning 
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God has created it. 
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following the order of Genesis, 
you come to mankind the highest 

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and greatest of God's creation, 
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very good. 
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will praise me, mankind must 
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which means the demand for 
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status. 
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maidens will praise him, meaning
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discriminate by gender. 
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him. 
The demand for praise does not 

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discriminate by age. 
And there's a song that we sing 

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together all the time, which is 
why we're studying this Psalm, 

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so we understand what we're 
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The Psalm says, let all creation
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Let everyone declare his mighty 
ways. 

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Every tongue we will sing of 
your goodness and mercy all of 

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our days. 
And so you see this list. 

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What's missing? 
Heaven and all its inhabitants. 

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The earth and all its 
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The sea and all its inhabitants,
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trees, the animal Kingdom, 
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maiden, old men and children. 
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notice, at least in my 
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used six times in six verses. 
So the question for you is, 

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who's exempt from praising God? 
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It's clear no one is exempt, 
nothing is exempt from praising 

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God the Father through Jesus 
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As a matter of fact, as you move
through Psalm 149 and one, 5150 

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especially is going to say it's 
not just everyone and Everything

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Everywhere. 
He says we need to Marshall 

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every instrument to bring God 
the praise he deserves and even 

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our own bodies. 
He says you need to dance and 

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use strings and pipes and loot 
lutes and harps and trumpets and

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tambourines and sounding cymbals
and loud crashing cymbals. 

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All of this is to be marshalled 
for the praise in the glory of 

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God. 
And then this, the whole Psalm 

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book concludes with the words, 
Let everything that has breath 

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praise the Lord. 
Even Psalm 48 says, and even if 

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you don't have breath, you still
praise the Lord. 

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Nothing's exempt. 
The call is universal. 

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The call is indiscriminate. 
The call is inescapable. 

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Praise is demanded of all 
creation. 

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It is the music of the spheres. 
And so we cannot fail to praise 

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God and we cannot use these 
excuses. 

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I forgot to praise him today. 
How can you forget to do what 

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you were created to do? 
This is your purpose. 

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I don't know what else you're 
doing. 

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This is your purpose. 
You can't not praise God because

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you're depressed, because you're
busy, because you don't believe,

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because you don't feel like it 
right now, because you're 

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trapped in sin and guilt and 
shame, because you're tired, 

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because you're disappointed. 
You cannot fail to praise God 

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because again, this is what you 
were created to do. 

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You were created, you were given
a voice that you could sing 

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God's praises back to him. 
That's why he made you. 

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So that's why we move into our 
second point. 

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He's he's called you to praise 
God in these first 12 voices 

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verses. 
And now we move to an 

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explanation of why. 
Why should you praise the Lord 

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of glory? 
And as you move into verse 13, 

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you see he ends this section on 
calling to praise with the 

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words, let them praise the Lord.
And then finally, really in in 

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conclusion to the Psalm, he 
offers the explanation. 

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There's the word for for meaning
reason. 

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This is why for his name alone 
is exalted. 

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We got this, this phrase from 
our our reformation forefathers 

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where they would say we're to 
worship God alone through Christ

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alone according to Scripture 
alone by grace alone through 

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faith alone. 
And it would say to the glory of

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God alone. 
I even have on my Bible right 

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here. 
It says Soli Dale Gloria, 

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meaning God alone is worthy of 
the glory because God alone is 

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glorious. 
You know Allah did not create 

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you, Muhammad did not create 
you, Vishnu did not create you, 

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The one who created you, His 
name is Yahweh. 

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He alone is worthy of praise. 
He alone is worthy of glory. 

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Him and no other idol. 
Another four reason, His Majesty

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alone is above earth in heaven. 
So we say that the 10 trillion 

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Suns that are shining and the 
stars above are shining with a 

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borrowed glory. 
They're shining, pointing you to

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the Son of God seated on the 
throne. 

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It's His Majesty, it's his glory
we're praising. 

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And not any other idol, not any 
other God. 

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For reason He's raised up a horn
for his people. 

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He's redeemed you. 
He sent his only begotten Son 

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into the world to save your soul
and redeem you from death. 

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And this is for reason. 
He has raised up praise for all 

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His Saints. 
He's written praise in your 

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hearts. 
We say that God has made you 

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with a voice so that you might 
praise Him, and He's redeemed 

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your soul so that you might have
a reason to praise Him. 

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And He delivers you every day, 
and He gives you every good 

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thing so that you might have 
every reason to praise Him. 

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So why would we? 
Why would we not? 

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Why would you not? 
You were praising God when you 

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work according to the purpose He
created you for. 

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You were made to glorify God and
to enjoy Him forever. 

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Or we might say you were made to
glorify God by enjoying him 

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forever. 
You were made for praise. 

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You were made to sing the 
praises of God. 

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And the psalmist is, is teaching
here in this passage that 

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failing to praise God is not 
only to be out of step with your

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purpose, To fail to praise God 
is to be out of step with the 

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harmony of the created order. 
You're in rebellion. 

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And then Sir Thomas Brown said 
in 1643 that though it is 

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inaudible to the human ear, the 
inherent order of the universe 

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is reflecting a divine harmony, 
a music of the spheres. 

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Again, Psalm 19 says it this 
way, that praise Psalm. 

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The heavens are declaring the 
glory of God. 

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The sky above is proclaiming His
handiwork. 

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Day after day they pour forth 
speech. 

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Night after night they reveal 
knowledge. 

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It's not audible, but for those 
with eyes to see and ears to 

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hear, the universe is telling 
the story of the glory of God. 

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It teaches you about his wrath. 
It teaches you about His 

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Majesty. 
It teaches you about his 

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eternality and his power and his
glory. 

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And so he says, there's a music 
of the spheres that are 

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declaring the glory of God. 
And there's a hymn that we sing 

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frequently and we'll sing 
together called This is My 

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Father's World. 
And it gets this right. 

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Verse one says This is my 
Father's world. 

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I rest me in the thought, 
Speaking of creation, of rocks 

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and trees, of skies and seas, 
His hands, the wonders wrought. 

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He says in verse 2, This is my 
father's world. 

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The birds, their carols, rays, 
the morning light, the Lily 

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white declare their makers what 
praise they're singing his 

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praises and remember as we read 
Psalm 148, we're we're at the 

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culmination of the entire song 
book. 

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It's all working to this verses 
13 to 14 declare his name alone 

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is exalted. 
His Majesty alone is above the 

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earth. 
He is the eternal king that all 

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creation is hoped for. 
He's the greater David that 

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we've been hoping for and 
remember the the final words of 

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the hymn is the kingly focus 
finds its culmination and the 

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wisdom focus of the Psalm finds 
its culmination and the 

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democratizing focus of the 
Psalms finds its culmination. 

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This hymn gets right. 
It says this is my father's 

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world in the final verse. 
Oh, let me never forget that 

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though the wrong seems off. 
So strong. 

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God is the ruler, yet this is my
father's world. 

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Why should my heart be sad? 
The Lord is king, let the 

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heavens ring. 
God reigns, Let the earth be 

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glad. 
Say it again. 

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The Lord is king. 
Let the heavens ring, God 

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reigns. 
Let the earth be glad. 

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God rules and reigns. 
It is our responsibility to 

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praise Him and faith for all who
draw near to Him. 

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And this is common in nearly 
every praise song. 

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There's these two themes and the
third one repeats the first 

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you've seen the praise called 
for. 

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It's been it's been begged for 
you see now it's been explained 

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and he reminds you again, it's 
time to praise the Lord from 

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whom all blessings flow. 
The final section of verse 14 

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ends this way. 
Hallelujah, praise the Lord and 

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rather than preach the final 
verse and to do it again, we're 

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going to sing together and by 
two all to stand as Jeff and the

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praise team is here. 
I say regardless the state of 

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your own heart. 
We will be obedient to these 

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words as the sun and the moon 
and the stars are obedient to 

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praise him. 
So now we lift our voices 

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together and praise the King of 
Glory. 

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