Psalms 146:1

Psalms 146:1 says, Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.  This should be the cry of the Christian everyday.  We should praise God with our soul, our everlasting part of ourself.  Verse two adds, While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.  There is no retirement age for praising God.  We should praise Him as long as we live, and spiritually this will be forever.  As followers of Christ, we should never stop praising God in this lifetime, and we certainly won't in the one to come.  Verse three states, Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.  David said that we are never to put our trust in people.  I believe this means for everlasting security.  Verse four adds, His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.  People die, and when they do, they no longer have any thoughts in this world.  Verse five declares, Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:  After telling the people of Israel then and us today to not put their or our faith in people, David tells if we put our faith in God, then we should be happy.  Verse six adds, Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:  David said that we should put our faith in God because He alone is the Creator and Sustainer of everything.  Verse seven continues, Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:  David said God provides judgment for the oppressed, food for the hungry, and sets the prisoners free when they put their faith in Him.  We may not see this happen in every circumstance in this lifetime, but it will certainly happen in the lifetime to come.  Verse eight says, The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:  God can indeed do this physically, but more importantly He opens our blind eyes spiritually and removes the burden of sin that causes us to bow do when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse nine adds, The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.  David said that God helped the orphans and widows, but He turned the wicked upside down.  As Christians, we are to help the orphans and widows a much as we are able to since we represent God in the world.  Verse ten declares, The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.  God will rule forever.  We need to praise God for Who He is.