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Psalm 135 is what you call a hallelujah Psalm. There’s a couple of those in the Psalms. The words that open up this Psalm “Praise the LORD!” are actually the very word hallelujah. The Psalmist commands us to join him in praise of Yahweh.

The Psalmist commands us to join him in praise of Yahweh.

Hallelujah!

“The application of Psalm 135 is not complicated or tricky or sneaky – for you to go and come up with all these complicated ways of going about it’s instructions. Rather, it is to help you do exactly what the Psalmist commands the readers to do, at the very beginning. Which is to join him in ‘hallelujah-ing'”

So there’s two portions of that word hallelujah as the English breaks it down. The first portion of the word hallelujah is praise and the last portion of the word ‘-ujah’ is Yahweh. Praise Yahweh. That’s what the Psalmist is inviting us to do here.

A Special Kind Of Prayer

“The Psalms have a lot to say. You find confession of sin in the Psalms, don’t you. Ah! The example of what true confession is. That’s what you find right here in the Psalms. You find prayers of lament in the Psalms; what Saints do when they are suffering. They’ve been battered by sin and pain in this world. They lament. You find that in the Psalms.

You find supplications in the Psalms. When God’s people are asking for very specific things from God. But do you know how it all ends? It ends with five hallelujah’s. And the very last word in the Psalms is a hallelujah. It’s a beautiful thing if you think about it.”

The very last word in the Psalms is a hallelujah. It’s a beautiful thing

An Example and A Command

Listen to Ken Mbugua as he explores Psalm 135. We are being encouraged to a boastful praise. Indeed, our whole being can be engaged in this celebration – our hearts, our minds and our bodies. It is a shout of praise! Only this is appropriate worship of our great God. Hallelujah!

Text: Psalm 135

Preached: 20 September 2020

Location: Emmanuel Baptist Church, Nairobi, Kenya

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