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In This Chapter 7 people 13 places 23 terms

People

Israel 4 Pharaoh 2 Aaron 2 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel) Sihon Og

Places

    Key Terms

    Possession 6 Bless (Approval) 6 Miracle 2 Awe (State) 2 Miraculous Sign Symbol (Sign) Sign (Miracle) To Cause to Possess Possession Trust Blessing (Act) Bless (Favor) Blessing (Content) Blessed Bless (Request Favor) Fear Fear (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People)

    Give Praise, O Servants of the LORD

    (Psalms 115:1–18)

    ⓘ God, the Creator and the Lord of history,...

    God, the Creator and the Lord of history, “made heaven and earth” (134:3). He deserves praise because, unlike idols, he redeems his people.
    1Hallelujah!†
    Praise the name of the LORD.Give praise, O servants of the LORD,2who stand in the house of the LORD,in the courts of the house of our God.3Hallelujah, for the LORD is good;sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own,Israel as His treasured possession.
    5For I know that the LORD is great;our Lord is above all gods.6The LORD does all that pleases Himin the heavens and on the earth,in the seas and in all their depths.7He causes the clouds to risefrom the ends of the earth.He generates the lightning with the rainand brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
    ⓘ In the tenth and culminating plague against Egypt,...
    • In the tenth and culminating plague against Egypt, God destroyed the firstborn of each family.
    • The miraculous signs and wonders are the ten plagues (see Exod 7–11; Deut 4:34; Neh 9:10).
    ⓘ The Lord was sovereign over the Exodus and...

    The Lord was sovereign over the Exodus and the conquest of the Promised Land.
    8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,of both man and beast.9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,against Pharaoh and all his servants.10He struck down many nationsand slaughtered mighty kings:11Sihon king of the Amorites,Og king of Bashan,and all the kings of Canaan.12He gave their land as an inheritance,as a heritage to His people Israel.
    ⓘ The Lord’s name and character stand in contrast...

    The Lord’s name and character stand in contrast to idols.
    13Your name, O LORD, endures forever,Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.14For the LORD will vindicate His people†and will have compassion on His servants.
    ⓘ Idols corrupt the thinking because they are merely...

    Idols corrupt the thinking because they are merely things made by humans; they cannot speak, see, hear, or breathe (Isa 41:22–24; 44:9, 18; Rom 1:21–23).
    ⓘ This entire section is repeated in 115:4–11.

    This entire section is repeated in 115:4–11.
    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,made by the hands of men.16They have mouths, but cannot speak;they have eyes, but cannot see;17they have ears, but cannot hear;nor is there breath in their mouths.18Those who make them become like them,as do all who trust in them.
    ⓘ The groups named here comprised the covenant community...

    The groups named here comprised the covenant community (see 115:9–11).
    19O house of Israel, bless the LORD;O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;20O house of Levi, bless the LORD;you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!21Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem.
    Hallelujah!