Hello Jesus!

Psalm 146

¹ Praise the Lord!
Let all that I am praise the Lord.
² I will praise the Lord as long as I live.
I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

³ Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.
⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.
⁵ But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
⁶ He made heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He keeps every promise forever.
⁷ He gives justice to the oppressed
and food to the hungry.
The Lord frees the prisoners.
⁸ The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.
The Lord loves the godly.
⁹ The Lord protects the foreigners among us.
He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

¹⁰ The Lord will reign forever.
He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.
Praise the Lord!

Jesus, how amazing and wonderful that you would visit us in Psalm 146.

You made the heavens and earth (see John 1:3), and you keep every promise.

You give justice to the oppressed (see Matthew 25:31-32), and feed those who are hungry (Matthew 5:6 and Matthew 6:26).

Lord, you free those imprisoned (see John 5:5 and Mark 5:25) and open the eyes of the blind (Luke 9:7).

Jesus, you take our burdens when we’re broken and can’t go on (see Matthew 11:28).

Foreigners like me Lord, you welcome with love (see Matthew 15:28, John 4:29 and Luke 7:2-3), and widows and orphans never escape your care (see Luke 7:12-13).

Even the wicked don’t stand a chance with you! (see Luke 20:21-26).

You paid for our sins on the cross and rose from death to reign forever (see Philippians 2:6-11).

Praise you, Jesus! I will praise you with everything I have and all that I am. You are so worthy! Worthy, worthy, worthy is the Lord – God almighty!  “Let all that I am praise the Lord.” Amen

Written by B van Noppen