Psalm 148 – Let Heaven and Earth Praise the LORD
Psalm 148
calls upon all creation to praise Yahweh. What a wonderful song this is! Look
over it again, and note the fact that there is no reference in it, from first
to last, to the mercy, or pity, or compassion of God. That is because there is
no reference to evil in any form.
Alexander
Maclaren wrote that Psalm 148 continues “…a
line of thought which runs through Scripture from its first page to its last –
namely, that, as man’s sin subjected the creatures to ‘vanity,’ so his
redemption shall be their glorifying.”
This call to
all creation to praise Yahweh is not an empty wish. Revelation 5:11-13 tells us
specifically that it will be fulfilled. “O what a hymn of praise is here! It is
a universal chorus! All created nature have a share, and all perform their
respective parts. [2]
Collect for Psalm 148: God Most High, by your Word, you created a wondrous universe,
and through your Spirit, you breathed into it the breath of life. Accept
creation’s hymn of praise from our lips, and let the praise that is sung in
heaven resound in the heart of every creature on earth, to the glory of the
Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen[3]
Collect for Tuesday of the week of Easter 1: Father, by this Easter mystery you touch our
lives with the healing power of your love. You have given us the freedom of the
sons of God. May we who now celebrate your gift find joy in it forever in heaven.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen[4]11
April 2023
[1] The Risen
Christ © Ed Riojas. Higher Things
[3] Collect for
Psalm 148, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church, Vol. III ©
1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
[4] Ibid,
Collect for Tuesday of the week of Easter 1
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