THE MAJESTY OF GOD

Psalm 113 is a beautiful Psalm, worth reading again and again. One of the titles given to it is, “The Majesty of God.” It gives in its nine verses, a beautiful overview of God, and His majesty, which opens to our eyes, to the grandeur of the LORD God Almighty, 
– “​1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD! 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and forevermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its going down The LORD’s name is to be praised. 4 The LORD is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like the LORD our God, Who dwells on high, 6 Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth? 7 He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap, 8 That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people. 9 He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!” – Psalm 113

In the entire Psalm 113, verses one to three are the key, and they hold everything else together. These three verses exhort us, as the “servants” and “slaves” of His Majesty, the LORD God Almighty, to praise and bless the LORD at all times – “from the rising of the sun, to it’s going down” – all day, everyday, and forevermore.
– “1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD! 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and forevermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its going down The LORD’s name is to be praised.” – Psalm 113:1-3

Verses four to six, explains to us, the glory and the grandeur of the LORD God Almighty.  Verse six gives us this great insight into why God wants to work with finite, fragile and frivolous people like us.
– “4 The LORD is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like the LORD our God, Who dwells on high, 6 Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?”

Verses seven to nine, gives us a glimpse of God’s heart, and His work. He chooses to work with the “poor” and lifts the needy, neglected and the marginalised out of dust, and ash heaps, that He would place them in honourable places. He makes the barren women and people, to bear fruit, and be a blessing to many – John 15.
– “7 He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap, 8 That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people. 9 He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children.”

The key is in verses 1-3 – worship this good, gracious and merciful God, by realising and honouring, His glorious majesty…for there is none like Him. Derek Kidner, beautifully sums up this Psalm for us, the “servants” and “slaves” of His Majesty, in the following words.
– “There is a point in specifying the Lord’s servants and his name, since worship to be acceptable must be more than flattery and more than guess-work. It is the loving homage of the committed to the Revealed.” – Derek Kidner

May we – as the “servants” and “slaves” of this Majestic God – from the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same, be true worshippers of the LORD, who had been good, gracious and generous towards us, despite we being utterly unworthy, to receive any blessings from the LORD’s hand. Even so the LORD help us.