Psalm 145

1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts.

5 I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

9 The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power.

12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.

14 The Lord upholds all that fall and raises up all those that be bowed down.

15 The eyes of all waits upon thee; and thou gives them their meat in due season.

16 Thou opens thine hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all of them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry and will save them.

20 The Lord preserves all of them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. (KJV)

Reading and studying the Psalms these last one hundred and forty-five days the most common theme in this study is our relationship with the Lord.  This relationship is one that I cherish.  The psalmist gives the reasons for having this relationship with the Lord. 

Below are his reasons:

I will exalt you, my God the King.

I will praise the Lord’s name for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise the Lord.

I will extol the Lord’s name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise.

The Lord’s greatness no one can fathom.
One generation will commend the Lord’s works to another.

They will tell of the Lord’s mighty acts.
They will speak of the glorious splendor of the Lord’s majesty.

I will meditate on the Lord’s wonderful works.
They will tell of the power of the Lord awesome works.

I will proclaim the Lord’s great deeds.
They will celebrate the Lord’s abundant goodness

They will joyfully sing of Lord’s righteousness.
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
The LORD is good to all.

He has compassion on all he has made.
All you have made will praise the Lord.

LORD: your saints will extol you.
They will tell of the glory of the Lord’s kingdom.

They will speak of the Lord’s might.
So that all men may know of the Lord’s mighty acts

They may know of glorious splendor of the Lord’s kingdom.

The Lord’s kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.

The Lord’s dominion endures through all generations.

The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.
The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all looks to the Lord.

The Lord give them their food at the proper time.
The Lord open his hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways.

The Lord is loving toward all he has made.
The LORD is near to all who call on him.

The Lord is near to all who call on him in truth.

The Lord fulfills the desires of those who fear him.

The Lord hears their cry and saves them.

The LORD watches over all who love him.

The Lord will destroy all the wicked.

So hopefully you can also agree with his list.  As I look back on my seventy plus years on this earth I am so thankful that I made him the Lord of my life at an early age.  My life has taken me down so many paths that I never had planned.  These paths have led to wonderful relationships, and at times many disappoints.  However, as I have studied the psalms in relationship to David’s life I can see that the same issues I have faced were similar to the issues he faced in his life.  In Hebrews chapter twelve verses one and two “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” gets us the reason to study the life of old testament saints.  By studying God’s Word through faith, we can gain an understanding of the world that was frame by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (Hebrews 11:3).