March 27.
From Sorrow To Praise

Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the Lord…

This is the final Psalm in the Book of Psalms. This would really be called the Deuteronomy of the Psalms. The Psalms are divided into five categories like the Pentateuch in the Bible – The Genesis, The Exodus, The Leviticus, The Numbers, The Deuteronomy. Notice the last Psalm begins differently than the first Psalm. The first Psalm opens with man being blessed by God, but the last Psalm opens with man blessing God. Psalm 1 says, “Blessed is the man.” The last Psalm says, “Praise ye the Lord.” Now between Psalm 1 and 150 a whole lot of things have happened.

I hear echoes in the field from Psalms prior to this saying, “Fret not thyself because of evildoers.” meaning that the Psalmist had run into some crooked folk, difficult dilemmas, and trying situations. Psalms prior to this say, “Weeping may endure for a night.” letting us know the Psalmist had run into tough times and that his eyes had focused upon the calendar of time; he was counting the hours at night looking forward to the morning. The Psalmist said, “I lifted up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.” indicating he ran into something he couldn’t get out of. He couldn’t think his way out, pay his way out, or trick his way out. I listened to the Psalmist as he seemed to say to us at one time he had been isolated from the church of God. Because I heard him say, “I was glad when they said unto me let us go to the house of the Lord.” He went to the sanctuary to praise God.

And so from Psalm 1 to 150, the Psalmist had run into sorrow. He had experienced sadness, suffering, and sin. He had been in sour situations, but this Psalm says that in spite of what you have gone through, it’s time to praise the Lord. Just being here is an indication that God has brought you through.