Tehillim / Psalms 113, ספר תהילים קיג, Part 1, The Lord Raises Us up to be Leaders

842

[youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNM4lR6lRU&feature=youtu.be”]

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 113:1-9, the Psalm opens saying, א   הַלְלוּיָהּ | הַלְלוּ עַבְדֵי יְהֹוָה הַלְלוּ אֶת-שֵׁם יְהֹוָה:  113:1 Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord. (NASB)  How many reasons can you think of to praise the Lord as the Psalm opens calling us to do?  How many ways can you think of that would give praise to the Lord God our Father in heaven?  The psalmist continues saying, ב   יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד-עוֹלָם: ג   מִמִּזְרַח-שֶׁמֶשׁ עַד-מְבוֹאוֹ מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם יְהֹוָה:  113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and forever. 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised. (NASB)  The psalmist says that the name of the Lord is blessed for all time.  What does it mean that “the name of the Lord is blessed?”  The statement “from the rising of the sun to its setting” is a reference to the nature of our lives, from when we get up until we lay down, we seek to praise His name.  This is paralleled to the way in which we are to live our lives according to His word.  The psalm states, ד   רָם עַל-כָּל-גּוֹיִם | יְהֹוָה עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּבוֹדוֹ:  ה   מִי כַּיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת:  113:4 The Lord is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. 113:5 Who is like the Lord our God, Who is enthroned on high, (NASB)  Israel is said to be set apart as separate according to Parashat Balak in the prophecy of Bilam.  The Lord states something about Israel that distinguishes His people from the nations.  In a similar way, the Psalmist states that the Lord is high above all the nations, meaning that His glory is above even the heavens.  Read more here: Tehillim 113-Part1

Previous articleBits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayak’hel/Pekudei, פרשיות ויקהל-פקודי, What is the Meaning of Mixed Threads?
Next articleBits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayikra, פרשת ויקרא, The Torah is the Outcome of the Gospel Message
Dr. Duane D. Miller received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Akron Ohio. He is currently a Chemical Engineering Researcher. Duane’s research expertise has focused upon functional materials development for the control, conversion, and release of process gases in Energy production technologies. His R&D interests include computational chemistry, developing novel technologies for converting biomass to fuels and studying their fundamental interactions during the chemical conversion process. His past experience includes sorbent development for pre- and post-combustion CO2 and SO2 capture, selective absorption of H2S from methane streams, O2 capture for oxy-fuel combustion, photocatalytic reduction of alcohols, NOx reduction catalysis, the development of oxygen carriers to combust fossil fuels (CH4 and coal) for the chemical looping combustion processes, and the extraction of rare earth elements using patent pending sorbents. His research expertise has focused on operando-characterization using Infrared, Raman, and UV-Vis spectroscopy to observe the nature of the catalytic active sites and reaction intermediates under realistic reaction conditions, allowing direct correlation of molecular/electronic structures with catalyst performance during Gas-Solid / Liquid-Solid Adsorption and Photocatalytic Processes with real time online analysis of reaction products using ICP-MS and mass spectrometry. His current work involves a multi-disciplinary approach to developing, understanding, and improving the catalytic gasification of coal and methane, high temperature chemical looping combustion, and the catalytic decomposition and gasification of biomass and coal using novel microwave reactor.​ He has been studying the Hebrew Scriptures and the Torah for 20+ years and sharing what he has learned. The studies developed for MATSATI.COM are freely to be used by everyone, to God be the Glory!