Psalms 7:17
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Tag: The Reason for Praise
God wants us to praise Him. He created us to sing praises to Him. That should be enough of a reason for us to do so ... the mere fact that is our created purpose in life. But, the fact that God is who He is, gives us much more than a functional reason to do so. We worship God because His character shows us He is “due” that worship. When we see a beautiful sunset there is praise and adoration, because of that beauty. People walk out on a pier in the evening just to sit and watch for that beauty. People take pictures of the sunset to show others later. The sun, a created thing, is showing off beauty and so we, naturally, “praise” it. If the creation is so beautiful and strikes awe in our hearts, just think of what praise the Creator deserves. We ought to sing praises to God because His righteousness demands it. This psalm is about David asking God to judge his enemies. Being assured that God will do just that (and do so in righteousness), David ends the psalm with the above statement to give “thanks due to His righteousness.” God is a perfect Judge and a Perfect God. He NEVER makes a mistake. We can rejoice in the fact that God is “righteous.”
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