Another call for servants of the Lord to praise His name. The original reference was to servants who ministered in the temple of the Lord, but we can now apply to all of us who serve the Lord. We are temples of the Holy Spirit, and so everything we do is serving the Lord.
We are to praise the Lord for He is good, and it is pleasant to praise His Name. Praising God is what we were created to do. He has chosen us to be His own, to be His treasured possession. This was applied to Israel here, but Jesus has chosen all of us. We belong to Him. Now some will object to the idea of belonging to God, but this is the root of rebellion. It also denies the truth. You did not create yourself, you do not sustain the universe, you do not give life to yourself.
The Lord is Almighty. He has power over all things, over all of nature.
Next the Psalmist recalls how God struck down enemies of Israel. He struck down Egypt, and various other nations.
The nations worship all kinds of idols, but these idols are useless. They cannot see, cannot speak. They have the appearance of ears, mouths and eyes, but they are utterly useless. The worldly powers have the appearance of power, but are in actual fact useless. Those make idols will become like them.
So the servants of the Lord are to praise Him.
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