Psalm 145:10-21; key verse v15—The eyes of all
look to You and You give them their food at the proper time. This is a
psalm of praise and fitting for our theme for this week. The Lord is the
provider of all both physical and spiritual blessings. He supplies physical
food for us daily as we acknowledge in the Lord’s Prayer. He also supplies us
spiritually as He comes to us through the means of grace.
PRAISING GOD FOR WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE DOES
This psalm is titled A Praise of David. Though Psalms
17 and 86 were also called A Prayer of David, this is the only one titled A
Praise of David, and it is a high point of praise. “Psalm 145 is indeed a monumental praise psalm, a fit summary of all
David had learned about God during a long lifetime of following hard after the
Almighty.” (James Montgomery Boice)
Psalm 145 is the last psalm attributed to David in the
collection of psalms, and it is the last of the nine psalms using some kind of
acrostic pattern (9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, and 145). Five of these
acrostic psalms are attributed to David.
“In Jewish
practice this psalm was recited twice in the morning and once in the evening
service. The Talmud commends all who repeat it three times a day as having a
share in the world to come.” (Willem VanGemeren) [2]
Collect for Psalm 145: Loving
Father, you are faithful in your promises and tender in your compassion. Listen
to our hymn of joy, and continue to satisfy the needs of your creatures, that
all flesh may bless your name in your everlasting kingdom, where with your Son
and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and forever.[3] -27 July
2021—
[1] Loaves and Fish, copyright © Ed Riojas, Higher Things
[3] Collect for Psalm 145, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church Vol. IV © 1996The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
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