PA539 Psalm 115:9-116:19 mp3

In this message, we continue Psalm 115, a psalm celebrating the reality of Israel’s God over the emptiness of idols. All Israel is called on to extol Yehovah, since He is the One Who is ever mindful of them, and will exalt and increase them. He owns the heavens, but has given the earth to the sons of Adam. The dead do not praise Yehovah, but we the living offer praises now and in resurrection life in the Eon. Then, in Psalm 116, praise is given for deliverance from death, perhaps matching well with the events in the life of King Hezekiah. Yehovah delivered him from death, and he wonders how he may repay Him? The answer is given. Death will come eventually, but the psalmist expresses confidence that he will yet pay his vows to Yehovah in resurrection life.