I Will Extol You
Psalm 145:1-21
Halifax: 4 Nov 2018, 10:30 am

Certain things demand to be praised.
- You find that you have to praise them because of their excellence.

Today, I am going to talk to you about the praise of God.
- I think we often find it hard to praise Him.
- Because we don’t know Him as we ought.
- Because we don’t love Him as we ought.
- Because we feel that our praises do not do Him justice.

- I have good news for you though.
- In Psalm 145, we have “David” (that is, Jesus the Son of David) asserting three times that God will be praised.
- There are three couplets in this Psalm, each with an assertion that God will be praised followed by an actual expression of praise.
- COUPLET 1: The assertion that Jesus will praise God (vv. 1-2)
- An expression of praise for God’s greatness (3).
- COUPLET 2: The assertion that we will join Him in praise (vv. 4-7)
- An expression of praise for God’s grace and mercy (vv. 8-9).
- COUPLET 3: The assertion that we will praise Him as individual saints (vv. 10-12)
- An expression of praise to Him for subduing us (v. 13), for providing for our bodies (vv. 14-16), and for providing for our spirits (17-20).
- CONCL: A summary assertion that Jesus and all of us will bless the Lord forever (v. 21).

- Jesus came into this world to take those who were silent and turn them into the worshippers of God—
- Today I want to take some time to consider these things in the hope that our praise will grow as Jesus declares.