# 35 2022 Dev. Psalm 146:3. Trust The Lord! Read all of Psalm 146 first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with. This is God’s story. How will it affect yours? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 146:3 “Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.”
Ps.146-150 is the final series of hymns of the Psalter that is a medley of praise.All are framed with: “Praise the Lord.”
V.1 This Ps. begins and ends with “Praise the Lord.” The verse then moves to one of my favorite statements: “Praise the Lord, O my soul.” Not only physical praise by mouth but praise deep within, portraying trust, love, dependence, a way of being.
Vs.2-5 “I will praise the Lord all my life;” not only “as long as I live” but into eternity. The Psalmist implores others not to trust humans for salvation and gives us the reason why, we are but a blip in God’s time. But blessed are those “whose help and hope is in the Lord their God.”
Vs.6-9 The Psalmist praises God as the creator, as the faithful God who upholds the oppressed, who feeds the hungry, sets the prisoner free, who restores sight, who picks up the depressed. This Ps. is not designated as one of the Messianic Psalms but it does have the messianic message, prophesied in Isa. 29:18-21 and in 35:5-6 and spoken by Jesus in Lk.4:18 and said to tell John the Baptist in Luke 7:22-23. The Psalmist by the Holy Spirit speaks the messianic messages.
Here, as well, we see the contrast of this world: “The Lord loves the righteous, watches over the foreigner,” those with no help, “sustains the fatherless and the widow, but frustrates the ways of the wicked.”
V.10 “The Lord reigns forever…” Nothing in this world lasts, everything deteriorates, but not the Word of the Lord, His Kingdom is forever and always. Amen and Amen! Praise the Lord!
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