Day 47 ~ Praise the Lord

Several of the psalms in this section are called "song[s] of ascent" and are very uplifting, glorifying and thankful.

• Psalm 121 - I know two different versions of this psalm set to music, and both of them are very moving.
• 122:1 - song - I was glad when they said unto me...
• 127:1 - "Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it"
• 127:3 - "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward"
• Psalm 130 - wait and hope - redemption will come
• I've noticed the phrase "this time forth and forever more" multiple times - 113, 115, 121, 125, 131, 133
• 132:6 - Ephrathah - I remember this word from the play a couple of years ago when the Christians in the dark edges were interrupted in their worship by soldiers. The minister was preaching and reading from the Bible and had to say that word, which is a tongue twister. He was reading from Micah 5:2.
• Psalm 133 - unity. Vs. 2 - why is it pleasant to have oil run down your head and beard?
• 135:7 - God causes the "vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth" - what does that mean?
• 135:15-18 - comparing the living God to inanimate objects, very similar to Psalm 115.
• 136 - repeating "His mercy endures forever" following truths of God
• 139 - very personal psalm, very open to God, very intimate. This psalm and 121 are two of my favorites. However, David, the author, spoils it a bit for me when he calls the wrath of God down on the wicked. But this time he at least is wanting them slain because they hate God, as opposed to having David complain that he is under pressure. But God knows David's thoughts (and mine), and David is transparent enough to voice them.
• 142:4; 144:11 - the right hand again
• 143:7 - what is the pit? hell? I always wonder what "the pit" is in Grey's Anatomy, too.
• 144:3-4 - "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow."
• 145:9 - tender mercies

We've completed 19 books with the end of Psalm 150.