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A PSALM OF NATURE AND OF GRACE
THURSDAY, JUNE 27
Psalm 148:1-14
1 Corinthians 1:4-9
“For by him were
all things created …”
A PSALM OF NATURE AND OF GRACE
This song is one and indivisible. It seems almost impossible to expound it in detail, for a living poem is not to be dissected verse by verse. It is a song of nature and of grace. As a flash of lightning flames through space, and enwraps both heaven and earth in one vestment of glory, so doth the adoration of the Lord in this Psalm light up all the universe and cause it to glow with a radiance of praise. The song begins in the heavens, sweeps downward to dungeons and all deeps, and then ascends again, till the people near unto Jehovah take up the strain. For its exposition the chief requisite is a heart on fire with reverent love to the Lord over all, who is to be blessed for ever. (Spurgeon)
Praise him thou golden-tressed sun,
Praise him, thou fair and silver moon,
And ye bright orbs of streaming light;
Ye floods that float above the skies,
Ye heav’ns, that vault o’er vault arise,
Praise him, who sits above all height.
(Richard Mant)
All creatures of the eternal God but man,
In several sorts do glorify his name;
Each tree doth seem ten thousand tongues to have,
With them to laud the Lord omnipotent;
Each leaf that with wind’s gentle breath doth wave,
Seems as a tongue to speak to that intent,
In language admirably excellent,
The sundry sorts of fragrant flowers do seem
Sundry discourses God to glorify,
And sweetest volumes may we them esteem;
For all these creatures in their several sort
Praise God, and man unto the same exhort.
(Peter Pett)
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 148:3.)
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 148:1.)