Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
For the LORD will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
Psalm 135 is about praising God. It starts out and ends with Praise the LORD! In the above passage we read why we are to praise the LORD. The writer gives us the following reasons to burst out in praise to God:
1. God’s name endures forever. There are some names, that when we hear them, we remember their conquests or their character. But it is God’s name that will endure forever and ever. The phrase means that there is no end to God. This not only speaks of God’s character above all, but His eternality. It is not just His name but HE who endures forever.
2. God’s renown is throughout all ages. We might say a famous name but it can’t compare to the renown of God’s name. The Hebrew word used here means memory or memorial. In the first line of the verse it is talking about the length of time God’s name will be remembered. The second line speaks to the quality (the memorial) of His name.
3. God’s will vindicate and have compassion on His servants. This is the reason mankind will remember the name of the LORD and praise Him. God does not forget those who love Him and serve Him. God’s word tells us about God’s steadfast care and love for His servants. God does not forget us and does not leave us. The world may forsake us. But God is always and continually caring for us.
Praise His name!
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