Psalm 150

Psalm cl. gives the full praise to Jehovah in a double character, the sanctuary and the firmament of

His power, for His ways which come from the firmament of His power were always according to the sanctuary in which He governed Israel, and made good the revelation of Himself there. So, indeed, with us, He makes all things work together for good to them that love Him; but it is according to the heavenly place to which they belong and to which He is bringing them. Christ is in the firmament of His power now. He is praised for His acts, praised for His greatness manifested in them. Jehovah is the theme of praise — Jehovah the God of Israel, but Jehovah the Creator and Sustainer of all — the righteous judge. But here it is Jehovah, God in His sanctuary, as we, after all we have received in a higher way, glory in tribulations, and finally in God Himself — not in what we have received. It is not even here, Praise our God, just as that was, but it rises higher. “Praise God in his sanctuary.” The deep sense of what God is goes out beyond the relationship in which we are, though it is relationship with Him in the highest way that we have. Our Father’s love, ours and Christ’s, is sweet, but we joy in God. Blessed be His name!